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Spare the person but lash the vice.

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You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!
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Death Fools Life Promise Yourself
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
Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
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Content Preference Yourself
You are so pure in mind and heart, In aspect, too, so mild, I wonder that you ever could Implant your wife with child.
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Children Heart Mindset Myself Purity Wife
I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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Leadership Myself Wife
To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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Death Glory Late
No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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Misfortune Reading Satisfaction
I’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
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Color Myself Natural
Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.
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Arms Exercise Man Strong Worthy
I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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Hate Himself Man One Liner Vice
I know all that better than my own name.
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Better Myself Name
The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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Man Virtue World
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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Envy Jealous 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
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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Enough Fortune Unfair
When your crowd of attendants so loudly applaud you, Pomponius, it is not you, but your banquet, that is eloquent.
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Attendant Crowd Elegant Loud Praise Yourself

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