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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When your crowd of attendants so loudly applaud you, Pomponius, it is not you, but your banquet, that is eloquent.
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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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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.
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The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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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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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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Wine and women bring misery.
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Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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Work divided is in that manner shortened.
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Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?
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I’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
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That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.
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They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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