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Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.

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He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.
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Borrow Himself Lose Preference
I know all that better than my own name.
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Better Myself Name
Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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Inspirational Life Live
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.
MARTIAL

Anxiety Mouth Remember Right Yourself
You puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for.
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Death Live Poet Praise Worth
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
Short is the life of those who possess great accomplishments, and seldom do they reach a good old age. Whatever thou lovest, pray that thou mayest not set too high a value on it.
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Accomplishment High Life Possession Short Value Yourself
There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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Hairs Man Myself Pretend
One genius has made many clever artists.
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Artist Genius Oneself
There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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Animal Glory
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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Expression Inscription Place Shame
I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
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Fame Life Man Name Yourself
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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Death Fools Life Promise Yourself
Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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Animal Bird Wings
Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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Content Language Need
Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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Page Stand Thief Yourself

Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.

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