Be merry if you are wise.
MARTIALI do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
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To-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself’s too late, the wise lived yesterday.
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Can the fish love the fisherman?
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Our days pass by, and are scored against us.
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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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The present joys of life we doubly taste, By looking back with pleasure to the past.
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Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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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.
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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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To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear. But yours gives most; for mine did only lend Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.
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To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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You importune me, Tucca, to present you with my books. I shall not do so; for you want to sell, not to read, them.
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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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It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
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The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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