I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
MARTIALRarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.
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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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Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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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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For life is only life when blessed with health.
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It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
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A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.
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It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wreched life.
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If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
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While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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One genius has made many clever artists.
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Spare the person but lash the vice.
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Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.
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