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.

Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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Bad Goodness
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
Laugh, if thou art wise.
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Laughter One Liner Wisdom
Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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Inspirational Life Live
To-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself’s too late, the wise lived yesterday.
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Fools Future Past Wisdom
Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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Day Goodness Man Pain
If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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Himself Leaving Mourn
Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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Enough Fate Fortune
When your crowd of attendants so loudly applaud you, Pomponius, it is not you, but your banquet, that is eloquent.
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Attendant Crowd Elegant Loud Praise Yourself
He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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Hide One Liner Sorrow True
For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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Rich Wealth
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Food Greatness Hold Value
A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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Home One Liner
Can the fish love the fisherman?
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Deep Love One Liner
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
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Goodness Life Pleasure Sight
To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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Death Glory Late

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