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I am a shell-fish just come from being saturated with the waters of the Lucrine lake, near Baiae; but now I luxuriously thrust for noble pickle.
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Lake Luxury Myself Water
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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Accomplishment High Life Possession Short Value Yourself
I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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Hate Himself Man One Liner Vice
You admire, Vacerra, only the poets of old and praise only those who are dead. Pardon me, I beseech you, Vacerra, if I think death too high a price to pay for your praise.
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Admire Death Old Pay Poet Praise Price Thinking Yourself
Birds of a feather will flock together.
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Bird Friendship Togetherness
No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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Misfortune Reading Satisfaction
To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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Death Glory Late
It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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Elegant Feeling Force Imagination Ourselves
I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
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Fame Life Man Name Yourself
You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe–or she will call you ungrateful.
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Blessing Care Fortune Gratitude Observation Sadness Yourself
I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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Leadership Myself Wife
Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
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Content Preference Yourself
There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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Animal Glory
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
Your seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man’s field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros.
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Bury Death Profit Wife Yourself
This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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Death Escape Kill Madness Order

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