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He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.

Martial

Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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Page Stand Thief Yourself
It is not, believe me, the act of a wise man to say, “I will live.” To-morrow’s life is too late; live to-day.
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Believe Day Man Myself Wisdom
I know all that better than my own name.
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Better Myself Name
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Food Greatness Hold Value
The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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Swan Tongue
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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Excellence Praise Verse Yourself
Life’s not just about being alive, but being well.
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Alive Health Life
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
No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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Misfortune Reading Satisfaction
For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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Rich Wealth
If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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Death Shame Yourself
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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Enough Fortune Unfair
Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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Endurance Genuine Known Sorrow
A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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Man Walk
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
You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter.
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Friendship Short Writing Yourself

He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.

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