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If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.

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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
MARTIAL

Original Position Yourself
You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
MARTIAL

Day Fear Yourself
Your seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man’s field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros.
MARTIAL

Bury Death Profit Wife Yourself
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
MARTIAL

Honey Similar
A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
MARTIAL

Man Walk
Be satisfied, and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well thou allotted part; Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.
MARTIAL

Cheer Enjoyment Fear Past Satisfaction Thankful
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
MARTIAL

Body Old Revolution
He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.
MARTIAL

Borrow Himself Lose Preference
I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
MARTIAL

Love Myself
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
MARTIAL

Envy Jealous Yourself
Work divided is in that manner shortened.
MARTIAL

Division Short Work
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.
MARTIAL

Boredom Face Love Missing Myself Togetherness
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.
MARTIAL

Doubt Existence Goodness Live Man
Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
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Book Creation Goodness Literature Myself Poem Writing
My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
MARTIAL

Life Naughty Poem Purity
You’re obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there’s no living with you, or without you.
MARTIAL

Absence Love Myself Togetherness Yourself

If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.

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If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.

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