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If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.

Martial

Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
MARTIAL

Inspirational Life Live
You puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for.
MARTIAL

Death Live Poet Praise Worth
You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.
MARTIAL

Excellence Praise Verse Yourself
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
MARTIAL

Cheerful One Liner Wisdom Yourself
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
MARTIAL

Goodness Life Pleasure Sight
Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.
MARTIAL

Friendship Master Service Yourself
Gifts are like hooks.
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Gift One Liner
You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
MARTIAL

Run Yourself
The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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Flaw Greatness Hide
If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
MARTIAL

Death Shame Yourself
Be merry if you are wise.
MARTIAL

One Liner Wisdom
You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!
MARTIAL

Death Fools Life Promise Yourself
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
MARTIAL

Ash Glory Late
I’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
MARTIAL

Color Myself Natural
No man is quick enough to enjoy life.
MARTIAL

Enough Life Man Quick
Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
MARTIAL

Book Easy Hard Writing Yourself

If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.

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