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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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Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you’re a good man, you’re a wonder!
MARTIAL

Goodness Man Yourself
Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
MARTIAL

Content Preference Yourself
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
MARTIAL

Honey Similar
A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
MARTIAL

Man Walk
Be merry if you are wise.
MARTIAL

One Liner Wisdom
Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
MARTIAL

Enjoyment Existence Health Life
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
MARTIAL

Body Old Revolution
If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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Himself Leaving Mourn
Life is not living, but living in health.
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Health Life Live One Liner
The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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Flaw Greatness Hide
Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear. But yours gives most; for mine did only lend Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.
MARTIAL

Believe Deserve Myself World
The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
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Nectar Preserve Shine Shrine
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
MARTIAL

Ash Glory Late
No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
MARTIAL

Misfortune Reading Satisfaction
There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
MARTIAL

Hairs Man Myself Pretend
Whoever is not too wise is wise.
MARTIAL

One Liner Wisdom

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

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