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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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Your seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man’s field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros.
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Bury Death Profit Wife Yourself
Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
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Book Creation Goodness Literature Myself Poem Writing
Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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Animal Bird Wings
Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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Happiness Joy Willing Yourself
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
MARTIAL

Laughter Time
Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
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Eyes Love Man Proud Unfortunate
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
Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.
MARTIAL

Day Himself Past Pleasure Virtue
If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
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Greatness Myself Opinion Worth
Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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Enough Fate Fortune
In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life.
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Adversity Brave Himself Life True
If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
MARTIAL

Death Fame Hurry Myself
It is not he who forms idols in gold or marble that makes them gods, but he who kneels before them.
MARTIAL

Form God Gold Himself
Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
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Day Death Fear Yourself
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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Content Preference Yourself
The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
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Nectar Preserve Shine Shrine
If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
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Death Fame Hurry Myself
Life is not living, but living in health.
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Health Life Live One Liner
Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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One Liner Wisdom
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
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Goodness Life Pleasure Sight
A novice always behaves with propriety.
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Beginning Behavior Novice
You admire, Vacerra, only the poets of old and praise only those who are dead. Pardon me, I beseech you, Vacerra, if I think death too high a price to pay for your praise.
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Admire Death Old Pay Poet Praise Price Thinking Yourself
A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.
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Cook Doubt Himself Master Taste
Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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Leather Remember Yourself
She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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Grief Herself Sincere Unknown
It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.
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Adversity Death Easy Live Reality
If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
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Poor Rich Unfair Willing Yourself

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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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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