Life is not living, but living in health.
MARTIALIt is not, believe me, the act of a wise man to say, “I will live.” To-morrow’s life is too late; live to-day.
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I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.
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Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter.
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There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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Can the fish love the fisherman?
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You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.
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Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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From no place can you exclude the fates.
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Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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You are so pure in mind and heart, In aspect, too, so mild, I wonder that you ever could Implant your wife with child.
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You puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for.
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Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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A jar of wine so priceless did not deserve to die. and Never think of leaving perfume or wines to your heir. Administer these youself and let him have the money.
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If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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