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.
MARTIALYou should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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You’re obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there’s no living with you, or without you.
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Be satisfied, and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well thou allotted part; Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.
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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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You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.
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Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Spare the person but lash the vice.
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I know all that better than my own name.
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While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
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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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There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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