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.
MARTIALYou praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.
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A novice always behaves with propriety.
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Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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I have not hated the man, but his faults.
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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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While an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of Phaeton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny insect; thus she, who in life was disregarded, became precious by death.
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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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One genius has made many clever artists.
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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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You’re obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there’s no living with you, or without you.
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To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.
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I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Gifts are like hooks.
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Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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Spare the person but lash the vice.
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It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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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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Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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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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Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.
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The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
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Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.
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I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.
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In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life.
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