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

Martial

If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
MARTIAL

Himself Leaving Mourn
You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
MARTIAL

Day Fear Yourself
While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
MARTIAL

Solution Yourself
Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.
MARTIAL

Day Himself Past Pleasure Virtue
Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you’re a good man, you’re a wonder!
MARTIAL

Goodness Man Yourself
Gifts are like hooks.
MARTIAL

Gift One Liner
Laugh, if thou art wise.
MARTIAL

Laughter One Liner Wisdom
Those they praise, but they read the others.
MARTIAL

One Liner Praise Reading
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
Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
MARTIAL

Leather Remember Yourself
The shameless Chloe placed on the tombs of her seven husbands the inscription, “The work of Chloe.” How could she have expressed herself more plainly?
MARTIAL

Expression Inscription Place Shame
Our days pass by, and are scored against us.
MARTIAL

Day Ourselves Pass Score
Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
MARTIAL

Day Death Fear Yourself
Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
MARTIAL

Eyes Love Man Proud Unfortunate
You ask what a nice girl will do? She won’t give an inch, but she won’t say no.
MARTIAL

Herself Woman
Can the fish love the fisherman?
MARTIAL

Deep Love One Liner

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

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