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He truly sorrows who sorrows 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?
MARTIAL

Aware Fly Gift Himself Swallow
You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.
MARTIAL

Excellence Praise Verse Yourself
Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.
MARTIAL

Friendship Master Service Yourself
Life’s not just about being alive, but being well.
MARTIAL

Alive Health Life
If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
MARTIAL

Death Fame Hurry Myself
Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
MARTIAL

Alive Life One Liner
It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.
MARTIAL

Adversity Death Easy Live Reality
You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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Run Yourself
To have nothing is not poverty.
MARTIAL

One Liner Poverty
For life is only life when blessed with health.
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Blessing Health Life
Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Enemy Food Greatness
Spare the person but lash the vice.
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One Liner Person Vice
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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Cheerful One Liner Wisdom Yourself
Work divided is in that manner shortened.
MARTIAL

Division Short Work
You importune me, Tucca, to present you with my books. I shall not do so; for you want to sell, not to read, them.
MARTIAL

Book Myself Present Reading Yourself
It is not he who forms idols in gold or marble that makes them gods, but he who kneels before them.
MARTIAL

Form God Gold Himself

He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.

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