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I know all that better than my own name.

Martial

One genius has made many clever artists.
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Artist Genius Oneself
It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.
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Adversity Death Easy Live Reality
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Ash Glory Late
Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear. But yours gives most; for mine did only lend Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.
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Believe Deserve Myself World
I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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Hate Himself Man One Liner Vice
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
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.
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Doubt Existence Goodness Live Man
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
Gifts are like hooks.
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Gift One Liner
My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
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Life Naughty Poem Purity
A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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Home One Liner
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
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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Laughter Time
Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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Greatness Present Return
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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Form God Gold Himself
Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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Book Easy Hard Writing Yourself

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