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Martial

My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
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Life Naughty Poem Purity
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 puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for.
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Death Live Poet Praise Worth
It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.
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Adversity Death Easy Live Reality
To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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Enjoyment Life Live Past
Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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Day Goodness Man Pain
Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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Flaw Imagination World Worst
Those they praise, but they read the others.
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One Liner Praise Reading
Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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Enjoyment Existence Health Life
The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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Face Fair Happiness Smile
Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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Animal Bird Wings
There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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Hairs Man Myself Pretend
He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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Hide One Liner Sorrow True
Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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Fly Joy Life Live
A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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Man Walk
I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse.
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Gratitude Greedy Myself Refusal

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