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Wine and women bring misery.

Martial

Be cheerful, if you are wise.
MARTIAL

Cheerful One Liner Wisdom Yourself
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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Honey Similar
It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.
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Adversity Death Easy Live Reality
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Ash Glory Late
When your crowd of attendants so loudly applaud you, Pomponius, it is not you, but your banquet, that is eloquent.
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Attendant Crowd Elegant Loud Praise Yourself
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
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Body Old Revolution
Gifts are like hooks.
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Gift One Liner
Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?
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Aware Fly Gift Himself Swallow
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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Borrow Himself Lose Preference
A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.
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Cook Doubt Himself Master Taste
I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse.
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Gratitude Greedy Myself Refusal
This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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Death Escape Kill Madness Order
Spare the person but lash the vice.
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One Liner Person Vice
To-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself’s too late, the wise lived yesterday.
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Fools Future Past Wisdom
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.
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Cheer Enjoyment Fear Past Satisfaction Thankful
I’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
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Color Myself Natural

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