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The face that cannot smile is never fair.

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It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
MARTIAL

Goodness Life Pleasure Sight
You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter.
MARTIAL

Friendship Short Writing Yourself
Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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Animal Bird Wings
Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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Fly Joy Life Live
See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?
MARTIAL

Amazing Animal Food Growth Possible Yourself
I’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
MARTIAL

Color Myself Natural
You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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Day Fear Yourself
Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Enemy Food Greatness
Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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Page Stand Thief Yourself
It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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Elegant Feeling Force Imagination Ourselves
You admire, Vacerra, only the poets of old and praise only those who are dead. Pardon me, I beseech you, Vacerra, if I think death too high a price to pay for your praise.
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Admire Death Old Pay Poet Praise Price Thinking Yourself
No man is quick enough to enjoy life.
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Enough Life Man Quick
Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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Day Goodness Man Pain
Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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Happiness Joy Willing Yourself
The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
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Nectar Preserve Shine Shrine
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.
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Biscuit Commitment Mistake Slave Yourself

The face that cannot smile is never fair.

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