Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
MARTIALCan the fish love the fisherman?
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Spare the person but lash the vice.
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Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.
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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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Can the fish love the fisherman?
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The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
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Too late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.
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While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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Work divided is in that manner shortened.
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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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Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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Why 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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Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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