I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
MARTIALNo man is quick enough to enjoy life.
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No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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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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I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.
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Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours.
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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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Wine and women bring misery.
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He who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health.
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You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter.
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That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.
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Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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