If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
MARTIALWhat’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
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A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.
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Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
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If I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth.
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The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
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I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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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?
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A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!
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Life is not living, but living in health.
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Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.
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