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Gifts are like hooks.

Martial

It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.
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Adversity Death Easy Live Reality
I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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Hate Himself Man One Liner Vice
Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours.
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Fate Friendship Secure Wealth Yourself
To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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Enjoyment Life Live Past
Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you’re a good man, you’re a wonder!
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Goodness Man Yourself
Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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Animal Bird Wings
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Food Greatness Hold Value
Life’s not just about being alive, but being well.
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Alive Health Life
No man is quick enough to enjoy life.
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Enough Life Man Quick
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
The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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Man Virtue World
Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
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Eyes Love Man Proud Unfortunate
Birds of a feather will flock together.
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Bird Friendship Togetherness
Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be.
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Art Myself Yourself
Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
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Day Death Fear Yourself
A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.
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Doubt Existence Goodness Live Man

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