What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
MARTIALFortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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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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It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
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Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?
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I have not hated the man, but his faults.
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Short is the life of those who possess great accomplishments, and seldom do they reach a good old age. Whatever thou lovest, pray that thou mayest not set too high a value on it.
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He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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A novice always behaves with propriety.
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He who writes distichs, wishes, I suppose, to please by brevity. But, tell me, of what avail is their brevity, when there is a whose book full of them?
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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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Hidden evils are most dreaded.
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I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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