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It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.

Martial

Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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Honey Similar
You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter.
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Friendship Short Writing Yourself
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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Laughter Time
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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Blood Death Easy Fame Hero Himself Man Purchase
While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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Solution Yourself
Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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Content Language Need
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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Boredom Face Love Missing Myself Togetherness
If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
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Greatness Myself Opinion Worth
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
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Fools Labour Wasted
Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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Enjoyment Existence Health Life
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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Original Position Yourself
I am a shell-fish just come from being saturated with the waters of the Lucrine lake, near Baiae; but now I luxuriously thrust for noble pickle.
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Lake Luxury Myself Water
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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Enough Fortune Unfair
Life is not living, but living in health.
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Health Life Live One Liner
Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
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Content Preference Yourself
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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Death Live Poet Praise Worth
Can the fish love the fisherman?
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Deep Love One Liner
Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.
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Friendship Master Service Yourself
A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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Man Walk
Work divided is in that manner shortened.
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Division Short Work
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.
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Addiction Appearance Cruelty Yourself
She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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Grief Herself Sincere Unknown
Your seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man’s field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros.
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Bury Death Profit Wife Yourself
If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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Himself Leaving Mourn
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
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Goodness Life Pleasure Sight
Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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Leather Remember Yourself
Gifts are like hooks.
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Gift One Liner

It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.

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