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You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.

Martial

Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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Leather Remember Yourself
Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
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Book Creation Goodness Literature Myself Poem Writing
You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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Break Care Commitment Crystal Fear Hands Yourself
It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.
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Adversity Death Easy Live Reality
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
If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
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Greatness Myself Opinion Worth
It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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Elegant Feeling Force Imagination Ourselves
Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.
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Arms Exercise Man Strong Worthy
Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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Bad Goodness
The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
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Advice Attack Deep Lion Rush
The shameless Chloe placed on the tombs of her seven husbands the inscription, “The work of Chloe.” How could she have expressed herself more plainly?
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Expression Inscription Place Shame
Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Alive Life One Liner
Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be.
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Art Myself Yourself
To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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Enjoyment Life Live Past
To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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Death Glory Late
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Ash Glory Late

You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.

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