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.
MARTIALI 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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A jar of wine so priceless did not deserve to die. and Never think of leaving perfume or wines to your heir. Administer these youself and let him have the money.
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Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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Those they praise, but they read the others.
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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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A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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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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She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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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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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
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If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
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One genius has made many clever artists.
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