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.
MARTIALIf you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
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If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
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Life is not living, but living in health.
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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?
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I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
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If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
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There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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Gifts are like hooks.
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I have not hated the man, but his faults.
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Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.
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In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life.
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Our days pass by, and are scored against us.
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Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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