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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.

Martial

It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
MARTIAL

Enjoyment Former Life Live
Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are carrotty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.
MARTIAL

Bald Kiss Myself Nature Sin Yourself
A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.
MARTIAL

Doubt Existence Goodness Live Man
Life’s not just about being alive, but being well.
MARTIAL

Alive Health Life
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!
MARTIAL

Death Fools Life Promise Yourself
He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
MARTIAL

Hide One Liner Sorrow True
Be merry if you are wise.
MARTIAL

One Liner Wisdom
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?
MARTIAL

Book Himself Writing
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
MARTIAL

Bad Goodness
A vagrant is everywhere at home.
MARTIAL

Home One Liner
To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
MARTIAL

Death Glory Late
Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
MARTIAL

Content Language Need
A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
MARTIAL

Deep Existence Live Man
Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
MARTIAL

Greatness Present Return
Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
MARTIAL

Enough Fate Fortune
If I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth.
MARTIAL

Anxiety Mouth Remember Right Yourself

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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