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Too late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.

Martial

You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!
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Death Fools Life Promise Yourself
See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?
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Amazing Animal Food Growth Possible Yourself
For life is only life when blessed with health.
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Blessing Health Life
Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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Inspirational Life Live
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
Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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Animal Bird Wings
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
Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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Enjoyment Existence Health Life
I seem to you cruel and too much addicted to gluttony, when I beat my cook for sending up a bad dinner. If that appears to you too trifling a cause, say for what cause you would have a cook flogged.
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Addiction Appearance Cruelty Yourself
No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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Misfortune Reading Satisfaction
Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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Happiness Joy Willing Yourself
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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Bad Goodness
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Ash Glory Late
I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse.
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Gratitude Greedy Myself Refusal
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
Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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Enough Fate Fortune
I have not hated the man, but his faults.
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Hate Man Mistake
One genius has made many clever artists.
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Artist Genius Oneself
She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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Grief Herself Sincere Unknown
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.
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Borrow Himself Lose Preference
This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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Death Escape Kill Madness Order
The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
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Advice Attack Deep Lion Rush
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
That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.
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Agreement Food Movie Prevent Proud
I am a shell-fish just come from being saturated with the waters of the Lucrine lake, near Baiae; but now I luxuriously thrust for noble pickle.
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Lake Luxury Myself Water
You’re obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there’s no living with you, or without you.
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Absence Love Myself Togetherness Yourself
A jar of wine so priceless did not deserve to die. and Never think of leaving perfume or wines to your heir. Administer these youself and let him have the money.
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Deserve Leaving Money Perfume Price Wine Yourself

Too late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.

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