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

Martial

Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be.
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Art Myself Yourself
My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
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Life Naughty Poem Purity
A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
MARTIAL

Deep Existence Live Man
There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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Hairs Man Myself Pretend
I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
MARTIAL

Love Myself
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
MARTIAL

Envy Jealous Yourself
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
You ask what a nice girl will do? She won’t give an inch, but she won’t say no.
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Herself Woman
A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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Existence Goodness Himself Man Term
While an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of Phaeton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny insect; thus she, who in life was disregarded, became precious by death.
MARTIAL

Ant Death Life Precious Shade Value
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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Blood Death Easy Fame Hero Himself Man Purchase
He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.
MARTIAL

Borrow Himself Lose Preference
One genius has made many clever artists.
MARTIAL

Artist Genius Oneself
Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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Animal Bird Wings
Life is not living, but living in health.
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Health Life Live One Liner
While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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Solution Yourself

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