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Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours.

Martial

A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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Man Walk
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
MARTIAL

Ash Glory Late
Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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Leather Remember Yourself
Can the fish love the fisherman?
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Deep Love One Liner
You importune me, Tucca, to present you with my books. I shall not do so; for you want to sell, not to read, them.
MARTIAL

Book Myself Present Reading Yourself
You are so pure in mind and heart, In aspect, too, so mild, I wonder that you ever could Implant your wife with child.
MARTIAL

Children Heart Mindset Myself Purity Wife
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
MARTIAL

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

Break Care Commitment Crystal Fear Hands Yourself
A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.
MARTIAL

Doubt Existence Goodness Live Man
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
MARTIAL

Body Old Revolution
Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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Content Language Need
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
Whoever is not too wise is wise.
MARTIAL

One Liner Wisdom
Your seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man’s field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros.
MARTIAL

Bury Death Profit Wife Yourself
No hero to me is the man who, by easy shedding of his blood, purchases fame: my hero is he who, without death, can win praise.
MARTIAL

Blood Death Easy Fame Hero Himself Man Purchase
The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
MARTIAL

Advice Attack Deep Lion Rush

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