What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
MARTIALBelieving 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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You are so pure in mind and heart, In aspect, too, so mild, I wonder that you ever could Implant your wife with child.
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If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?
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Be merry if you are wise.
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While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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Wine and women bring misery.
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You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
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Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are carrotty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.
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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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Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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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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