What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
MARTIALOne genius has made many clever artists.
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Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be.
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My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
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If I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth.
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Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
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Gifts are like hooks.
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Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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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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Short is the life of those who possess great accomplishments, and seldom do they reach a good old age. Whatever thou lovest, pray that thou mayest not set too high a value on it.
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There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
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A novice always behaves with propriety.
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She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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