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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.

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Spare the person but lash the vice.
MARTIAL

One Liner Person Vice
I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
MARTIAL

Leadership Myself Wife
In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life.
MARTIAL

Adversity Brave Himself Life True
While an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of Phaeton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny insect; thus she, who in life was disregarded, became precious by death.
MARTIAL

Ant Death Life Precious Shade Value
Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
MARTIAL

Eyes Love Man Proud Unfortunate
A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
MARTIAL

Existence Goodness Himself Man Term
Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Alive Life One Liner
Wine and women bring misery.
MARTIAL

Alcohol Misery Wine
I seem to you cruel and too much addicted to gluttony, when I beat my cook for sending up a bad dinner. If that appears to you too trifling a cause, say for what cause you would have a cook flogged.
MARTIAL

Addiction Appearance Cruelty Yourself
To have nothing is not poverty.
MARTIAL

One Liner Poverty
To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
MARTIAL

Enjoyment Life Live Past
He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
MARTIAL

Burden Himself Weigh
Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
MARTIAL

Book Easy Hard Writing Yourself
Life is not living, but living in health.
MARTIAL

Health Life Live One Liner
Can the fish love the fisherman?
MARTIAL

Deep Love One Liner
Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Enemy Food Greatness

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