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I am a shell-fish just come from being saturated with the waters of the Lucrine lake, near Baiae; but now I luxuriously thrust for noble pickle.

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You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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Envy Jealous Yourself
I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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Leadership Myself Wife
Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Alive Life One Liner
See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?
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Amazing Animal Food Growth Possible Yourself
No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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Misfortune Reading Satisfaction
Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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Book Easy Hard Writing Yourself
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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Bad Goodness
There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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Animal Glory
The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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Flaw Greatness Hide
He who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health.
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Enjoyment Health Mistake Thinking
Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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Fly Joy Life Live
You’re obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there’s no living with you, or without you.
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Absence Love Myself Togetherness Yourself
She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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Grief Herself Sincere Unknown
Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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Day Goodness Man Pain
If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
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Death Fame Hurry Myself
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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Fascination One Liner Point

I am a shell-fish just come from being saturated with the waters of the Lucrine lake, near Baiae; but now I luxuriously thrust for noble pickle.

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