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You puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for.

Martial

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
One genius has made many clever artists.
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Artist Genius Oneself
Those they praise, but they read the others.
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One Liner Praise Reading
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 is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Alive Life One Liner
If I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth.
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Anxiety Mouth Remember Right 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
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
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
You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!
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Death Fools Life Promise Yourself
It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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Enjoyment Former Life Live
Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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Enjoyment Existence Health Life
If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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Himself Leaving Mourn
Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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Fly Joy Life Live
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
Work divided is in that manner shortened.
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Division Short Work

You puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for.

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You puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for.

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