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He who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health.

Martial

To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
MARTIAL

Death Glory Late
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.
MARTIAL

Believe Day Man Myself Wisdom
Can the fish love the fisherman?
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Deep Love One Liner
Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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One Liner Wisdom
I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse.
MARTIAL

Gratitude Greedy Myself Refusal
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
MARTIAL

Bad Goodness
If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
MARTIAL

Death Shame Yourself
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?
MARTIAL

Book Himself Writing
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
He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
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Burden Himself Weigh
Gifts are like hooks.
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Gift One Liner
Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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Bad Goodness
Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Alive Life One Liner
What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
MARTIAL

Finding Quick Sudden
No hero to me is the man who, by easy shedding of his blood, purchases fame: my hero is he who, without death, can win praise.
MARTIAL

Blood Death Easy Fame Hero Himself Man Purchase
He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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Hide One Liner Sorrow True

He who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health.

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