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You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.

Martial

No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
MARTIAL

Misfortune Reading Satisfaction
He who writes distichs, wishes, I suppose, to please by brevity. But, tell me, of what avail is their brevity, when there is a whose book full of them?
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Book Himself Writing
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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Cheerful One Liner Wisdom Yourself
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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Boredom Face Love Missing Myself Togetherness
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
For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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Rich Wealth
You ask what a nice girl will do? She won’t give an inch, but she won’t say no.
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Herself Woman
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
Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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Book Easy Hard Writing Yourself
Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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One Liner Wisdom
I’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
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Color Myself Natural
Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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Endurance Genuine Known Sorrow
I know all that better than my own name.
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Better Myself Name
Can the fish love the fisherman?
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Deep Love One Liner
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
He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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Hide One Liner Sorrow True

You 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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You 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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