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A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.

Martial

Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.
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Charm Prize Rare Suit
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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Cheerful One Liner Wisdom Yourself
Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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Endurance Genuine Known Sorrow
A novice always behaves with propriety.
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Beginning Behavior Novice
You are so pure in mind and heart, In aspect, too, so mild, I wonder that you ever could Implant your wife with child.
MARTIAL

Children Heart Mindset Myself Purity Wife
The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
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Advice Attack Deep Lion Rush
A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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Existence Goodness Himself Man Term
You importune me, Tucca, to present you with my books. I shall not do so; for you want to sell, not to read, them.
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Book Myself Present Reading Yourself
Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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Enjoyment Existence Health Life
Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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Book Easy Hard Writing Yourself
To have nothing is not poverty.
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One Liner Poverty
My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
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Life Naughty Poem Purity
Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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Greatness Present Return
I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
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Love Myself
Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
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Day Death Fear Yourself
The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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Face Fair Happiness Smile

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