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Wine and women bring misery.

Martial

You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.
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Excellence Praise Verse Yourself
If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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Death Shame Yourself
Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear. But yours gives most; for mine did only lend Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.
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Believe Deserve Myself World
Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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Content Language Need
To-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself’s too late, the wise lived yesterday.
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Fools Future Past Wisdom
A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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Deep Existence Live Man
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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Cheerful One Liner Wisdom Yourself
Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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Bad Goodness
What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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Finding Quick Sudden
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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Lake Luxury Myself Water
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Ash Glory Late
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
You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe–or she will call you ungrateful.
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Blessing Care Fortune Gratitude Observation Sadness Yourself
If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.
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Biscuit Commitment Mistake Slave Yourself
Can the fish love the fisherman?
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Deep Love One Liner
You ask what a nice girl will do? She won’t give an inch, but she won’t say no.
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Herself Woman

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