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I seem to you cruel and too much addicted to gluttony, when I beat my cook for sending up a bad dinner. If that appears to you too trifling a cause, say for what cause you would have a cook flogged.

Martial

Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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Fascination One Liner Point
Life’s not just about being alive, but being well.
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Alive Health Life
This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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Death Escape Kill Madness Order
Be satisfied, and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well thou allotted part; Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.
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Cheer Enjoyment Fear Past Satisfaction Thankful
The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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Face Fair Happiness Smile
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
Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
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Day Death Fear Yourself
You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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Day Fear Yourself
He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.
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Borrow Himself Lose Preference
When your crowd of attendants so loudly applaud you, Pomponius, it is not you, but your banquet, that is eloquent.
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Attendant Crowd Elegant Loud Praise Yourself
It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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Enjoyment Former Life Live
For life is only life when blessed with health.
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Blessing Health Life
Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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Leather Remember Yourself
Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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Book Easy Hard Writing Yourself
Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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Endurance Genuine Known Sorrow
There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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God Live Religious
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
Those they praise, but they read the others.
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One Liner Praise Reading
Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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Animal Bird Wings
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
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
Gifts are like hooks.
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Gift One Liner
Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?
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Aware Fly Gift Himself Swallow
One genius has made many clever artists.
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Artist Genius Oneself
It is not he who forms idols in gold or marble that makes them gods, but he who kneels before them.
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Form God Gold Himself
To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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Death Glory Late

I seem to you cruel and too much addicted to gluttony, when I beat my cook for sending up a bad dinner. If that appears to you too trifling a cause, say for what cause you would have a cook flogged.

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I seem to you cruel and too much addicted to gluttony, when I beat my cook for sending up a bad dinner. If that appears to you too trifling a cause, say for what cause you would have a cook flogged.

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