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I’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.

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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
I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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Hate Himself Man One Liner Vice
From no place can you exclude the fates.
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Fate Place Yourself
The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
MARTIAL

Swan Tongue
It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
MARTIAL

Elegant Feeling Force Imagination Ourselves
If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
MARTIAL

Death Fame Hurry Myself
The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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Flaw Greatness Hide
For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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Rich Wealth
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
A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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Deep Existence Live Man
A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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Home One Liner
Too late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.
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Day Life Present
Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.
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Friendship Master Service Yourself
If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
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Poor Rich Unfair Willing Yourself
You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter.
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Friendship Short Writing Yourself
Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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Day Goodness Man Pain

I’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.

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