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Some things are good, some middling, more bad.

Martial

Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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Happiness Joy Willing Yourself
There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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Hairs Man Myself Pretend
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
To have nothing is not poverty.
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One Liner Poverty
I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
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Fame Life Man Name Yourself
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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Children Heart Mindset Myself Purity Wife
If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
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Death Fame Hurry Myself
If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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Himself Leaving Mourn
Too late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.
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Day Life Present
Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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Bad Goodness
You’re obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there’s no living with you, or without you.
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Absence Love Myself Togetherness Yourself
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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Original Position Yourself
Hidden evils are most dreaded.
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Evil Fear Hide
The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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Swan Tongue
There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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God Live Religious
Laugh, if thou art wise.
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Laughter One Liner Wisdom

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