I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
MARTIALWhile an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of Phaeton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny insect; thus she, who in life was disregarded, became precious by death.
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While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?
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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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Too late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.
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It is not, believe me, the act of a wise man to say, “I will live.” To-morrow’s life is too late; live to-day.
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Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.
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Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?
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To-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself’s too late, the wise lived yesterday.
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What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
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