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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.

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A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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Existence Goodness Himself Man Term
If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
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Poor Rich Unfair Willing Yourself
No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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Misfortune Reading Satisfaction
Those they praise, but they read the others.
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One Liner Praise Reading
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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Bad Goodness
There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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God Live Religious
While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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Solution 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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Friendship Master Service Yourself
Too late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.
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Day Life Present
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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Anxiety Mouth Remember Right Yourself
Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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Day Goodness Man Pain
It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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Elegant Feeling Force Imagination Ourselves
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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Form God Gold Himself
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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Elegant Hire Passion
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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Cheerful One Liner Wisdom Yourself
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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