Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
MARTIAL
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Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life.
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No hero to me is the man who, by easy shedding of his blood, purchases fame: my hero is he who, without death, can win praise.
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Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
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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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Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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He who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health.
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It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.
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The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
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A novice always behaves with propriety.
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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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Our days pass by, and are scored against us.
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Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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