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You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.

Martial

It 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.
MARTIAL

Believe Day Man Myself Wisdom
Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
MARTIAL

Animal Bird Wings
He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
MARTIAL

Hide One Liner Sorrow True
You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter.
MARTIAL

Friendship Short Writing Yourself
It is not he who forms idols in gold or marble that makes them gods, but he who kneels before them.
MARTIAL

Form God Gold Himself
A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.
MARTIAL

Cook Doubt Himself Master Taste
Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
MARTIAL

Greatness Present Return
To have nothing is not poverty.
MARTIAL

One Liner Poverty
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.
MARTIAL

Lake Luxury Myself Water
Those they praise, but they read the others.
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One Liner Praise Reading
A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
MARTIAL

Deep Existence Live Man
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.
MARTIAL

Borrow Himself Lose Preference
Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you’re a good man, you’re a wonder!
MARTIAL

Goodness Man Yourself
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
Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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One Liner Wisdom
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
MARTIAL

Goodness Life Pleasure Sight

You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.

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