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.
MARTIALA jar of wine so priceless did not deserve to die. and Never think of leaving perfume or wines to your heir. Administer these youself and let him have the money.
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You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
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Hidden evils are most dreaded.
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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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A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours.
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I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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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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Gifts are like hooks.
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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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