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No man is quick enough to enjoy life.

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There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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God Live Religious
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Ash Glory Late
If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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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.
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Form God Gold Himself
Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.
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Day Himself Past Pleasure Virtue
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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Death Live Poet Praise Worth
When your crowd of attendants so loudly applaud you, Pomponius, it is not you, but your banquet, that is eloquent.
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Attendant Crowd Elegant Loud Praise Yourself
If I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth.
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Anxiety Mouth Remember Right Yourself
Spare the person but lash the vice.
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One Liner Person Vice
I know all that better than my own name.
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Better Myself Name
If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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Death Shame Yourself
There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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Animal Glory
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Food Greatness Hold Value
Be merry if you are wise.
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One Liner Wisdom
Gifts are like hooks.
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Gift One Liner
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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Believe Day Man Myself Wisdom

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