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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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You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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Envy Jealous Yourself
Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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Happiness Joy Willing Yourself
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Food Greatness Hold Value
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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Enough Fortune Unfair
No hero to me is the man who, by easy shedding of his blood, purchases fame: my hero is he who, without death, can win praise.
MARTIAL

Blood Death Easy Fame Hero Himself Man Purchase
Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Alive Life One Liner
No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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Misfortune Reading Satisfaction
The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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Face Fair Happiness Smile
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
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Goodness Life Pleasure Sight
There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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Animal Glory
If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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Death Shame Yourself
A jar of wine so priceless did not deserve to die. and Never think of leaving perfume or wines to your heir. Administer these youself and let him have the money.
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Deserve Leaving Money Perfume Price Wine Yourself
It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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Enjoyment Former Life Live
In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life.
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Adversity Brave Himself Life True
For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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Rich Wealth
Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Enemy Food Greatness

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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