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Spare the person but lash the vice.

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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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Goodness Life Pleasure Sight
The present joys of life we doubly taste, By looking back with pleasure to the past.
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Doubt Ourselves Pleasure Present Taste
If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
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Death Fame Hurry Myself
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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Children Heart Mindset Myself Purity Wife
It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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Elegant Feeling Force Imagination Ourselves
I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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Leadership Myself Wife
In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life.
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Adversity Brave Himself Life True
I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
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Fame Life Man Name Yourself
If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.
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Biscuit Commitment Mistake Slave Yourself
Our days pass by, and are scored against us.
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Day Ourselves Pass Score
For life is only life when blessed with health.
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Blessing Health Life
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Food Greatness Hold Value
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Ash Glory Late
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
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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Bald Kiss Myself Nature Sin Yourself
To have nothing is not poverty.
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One Liner Poverty
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
Birds of a feather will flock together.
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Bird Friendship Togetherness
Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
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Eyes Love Man Proud Unfortunate
Laugh, if thou art wise.
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Laughter One Liner Wisdom
There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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God Live Religious
Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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Enjoyment Existence Health Life
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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Expression Inscription Place Shame
While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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Solution Yourself
Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
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Book Creation Goodness Literature Myself Poem Writing
If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
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Poor Rich Unfair Willing Yourself
You admire, Vacerra, only the poets of old and praise only those who are dead. Pardon me, I beseech you, Vacerra, if I think death too high a price to pay for your praise.
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Admire Death Old Pay Poet Praise Price Thinking Yourself

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