In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life.
MARTIALIt is folly to waste labour about trifles.
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What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
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The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life.
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Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
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Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
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She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.
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Be satisfied, and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well thou allotted part; Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.
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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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To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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A novice always behaves with propriety.
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I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse.
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Be merry if you are wise.
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You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter.
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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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If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you’re a good man, you’re a wonder!
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It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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To have nothing is not poverty.
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