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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
To have nothing is not poverty.
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One Liner Poverty
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
No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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Misfortune Reading Satisfaction
The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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Swan Tongue
One genius has made many clever artists.
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Artist Genius Oneself
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
No man is quick enough to enjoy life.
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Enough Life Man Quick
You’re obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there’s no living with you, or without you.
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Absence Love Myself Togetherness Yourself
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
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Fools Labour Wasted
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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Cheerful One Liner Wisdom Yourself
If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
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Death Fame Hurry Myself
While an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of Phaeton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny insect; thus she, who in life was disregarded, became precious by death.
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Ant Death Life Precious Shade Value
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
He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
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Burden Himself Weigh
Spare the person but lash the vice.
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One Liner Person Vice

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