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Hidden evils are most dreaded.

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The face that cannot smile is never fair.
MARTIAL

Face Fair Happiness Smile
The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
MARTIAL

Nectar Preserve Shine Shrine
You importune me, Tucca, to present you with my books. I shall not do so; for you want to sell, not to read, them.
MARTIAL

Book Myself Present Reading Yourself
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
MARTIAL

Cheerful One Liner Wisdom Yourself
Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
MARTIAL

Book Easy Hard Writing Yourself
Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
MARTIAL

Leather Remember Yourself
The present joys of life we doubly taste, By looking back with pleasure to the past.
MARTIAL

Doubt Ourselves Pleasure Present Taste
If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
MARTIAL

Poor Rich Unfair Willing Yourself
A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.
MARTIAL

Cook Doubt Himself Master Taste
Your seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man’s field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros.
MARTIAL

Bury Death Profit Wife Yourself
The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
MARTIAL

Advice Attack Deep Lion Rush
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.
MARTIAL

Bald Kiss Myself Nature Sin Yourself
Life is not living, but living in health.
MARTIAL

Health Life Live One Liner
Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
MARTIAL

Enough Fate Fortune
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
MARTIAL

Laughter Time
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
MARTIAL

Fascination One Liner Point

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