My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
MARTIALConceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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One genius has made many clever artists.
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It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.
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It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
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No hero to me is the man who, by easy shedding of his blood, purchases fame: my hero is he who, without death, can win praise.
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Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.
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Life is not living, but living in health.
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I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
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You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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