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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.

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Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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Happiness Joy Willing Yourself
The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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Face Fair Happiness Smile
The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
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Nectar Preserve Shine Shrine
Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are carrotty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.
MARTIAL

Bald Kiss Myself Nature Sin Yourself
If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
MARTIAL

Death Fame Hurry Myself
See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?
MARTIAL

Amazing Animal Food Growth Possible Yourself
Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Alive Life One Liner
You puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for.
MARTIAL

Death Live Poet Praise Worth
There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
MARTIAL

Animal Glory
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
It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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Enjoyment Former Life Live
You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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Break Care Commitment Crystal Fear Hands Yourself
From no place can you exclude the fates.
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Fate Place Yourself
To have nothing is not poverty.
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One Liner Poverty
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
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Fools Labour Wasted
Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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One Liner Wisdom

Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.

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