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The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.

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If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.
MARTIAL

Biscuit Commitment Mistake Slave Yourself
Gifts are like hooks.
MARTIAL

Gift One Liner
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
What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
MARTIAL

Finding Quick Sudden
I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
MARTIAL

Fame Life Man Name Yourself
You are so pure in mind and heart, In aspect, too, so mild, I wonder that you ever could Implant your wife with child.
MARTIAL

Children Heart Mindset Myself Purity Wife
Whoever is not too wise is wise.
MARTIAL

One Liner Wisdom
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
Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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Day Goodness Man Pain
The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
MARTIAL

Swan Tongue
A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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Existence Goodness Himself Man Term
Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
MARTIAL

Content Preference Yourself
Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Enemy Food Greatness
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Food Greatness Hold Value
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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Aware Fly Gift Himself Swallow
He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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Hide One Liner Sorrow True

The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.

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