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I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.

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Our days pass by, and are scored against us.
MARTIAL

Day Ourselves Pass Score
Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
MARTIAL

Page Stand Thief Yourself
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
MARTIAL

Envy Jealous Yourself
A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
MARTIAL

Existence Goodness Himself Man Term
Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.
MARTIAL

Arms Exercise Man Strong Worthy
I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
MARTIAL

Love Myself
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?
MARTIAL

Expression Inscription Place Shame
There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
MARTIAL

Hairs Man Myself Pretend
Hidden evils are most dreaded.
MARTIAL

Evil Fear Hide
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
If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
MARTIAL

Himself Leaving Mourn
Birds of a feather will flock together.
MARTIAL

Bird Friendship Togetherness
Wine and women bring misery.
MARTIAL

Alcohol Misery Wine
I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
MARTIAL

Believe Man Myself Please
Gifts are like hooks.
MARTIAL

Gift One Liner
It is not he who forms idols in gold or marble that makes them gods, but he who kneels before them.
MARTIAL

Form God Gold Himself

I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.

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