Be merry if you are wise.
MARTIALYou 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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The present joys of life we doubly taste, By looking back with pleasure to the past.
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To-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself’s too late, the wise lived yesterday.
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That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.
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I have not hated the man, but his faults.
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From no place can you exclude the fates.
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Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are carrotty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.
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There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
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A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.
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Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?
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