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A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.

Martial

Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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Book Easy Hard Writing Yourself
I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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Leadership Myself Wife
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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Cheerful One Liner Wisdom Yourself
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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Fascination One Liner Point
He who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health.
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Enjoyment Health Mistake Thinking
There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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Hairs Man Myself Pretend
Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Enemy Food Greatness
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
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Fools Labour Wasted
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.
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Anxiety Mouth Remember Right Yourself
A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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Home 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.
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Book Myself Present Reading Yourself
You ask what a nice girl will do? She won’t give an inch, but she won’t say no.
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Herself Woman
Our days pass by, and are scored against us.
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Day Ourselves Pass Score
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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Bad Goodness
If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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Himself Leaving Mourn
You’re obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there’s no living with you, or without you.
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Absence Love Myself Togetherness Yourself

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