Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
MARTIALWhy do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are carrotty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.
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Those they praise, but they read the others.
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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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The shameless Chloe placed on the tombs of her seven husbands the inscription, “The work of Chloe.” How could she have expressed herself more plainly?
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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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It is not he who forms idols in gold or marble that makes them gods, but he who kneels before them.
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I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
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If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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Be merry if you are wise.
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Can the fish love the fisherman?
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Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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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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