I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
MARTIALThey let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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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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You ask what a nice girl will do? She won’t give an inch, but she won’t say no.
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Wine and women bring misery.
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A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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From no place can you exclude the fates.
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She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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For life is only life when blessed with health.
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There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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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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I am a shell-fish just come from being saturated with the waters of the Lucrine lake, near Baiae; but now I luxuriously thrust for noble pickle.
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One genius has made many clever artists.
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Work divided is in that manner shortened.
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For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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