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My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.

Martial

He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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Hide One Liner Sorrow True
If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
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Poor Rich Unfair Willing Yourself
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.
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Boredom Face Love Missing Myself Togetherness
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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Elegant Hire Passion
Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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Leather Remember Yourself
Too late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.
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Day Life Present
Spare the person but lash the vice.
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One Liner Person Vice
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.
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Doubt Existence Goodness Live Man
Be merry if you are wise.
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One Liner Wisdom
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
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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Lake Luxury Myself Water
Laugh, if thou art wise.
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Laughter One Liner Wisdom
Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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Enough Fate Fortune
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
If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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Himself Leaving Mourn
No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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Misfortune Reading Satisfaction
There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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God Live Religious
You importune me, Tucca, to present you with my books. I shall not do so; for you want to sell, not to read, them.
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Book Myself Present Reading Yourself
For life is only life when blessed with health.
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Blessing Health Life
Birds of a feather will flock together.
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Bird Friendship Togetherness
See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?
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Amazing Animal Food Growth Possible Yourself
I have not hated the man, but his faults.
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Hate Man Mistake
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
Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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Endurance Genuine Known Sorrow
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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Bad Goodness
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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Envy Jealous Yourself
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

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