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A 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.

Martial

Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
MARTIAL

Book Easy Hard Writing Yourself
Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
MARTIAL

Day Goodness Man Pain
There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
MARTIAL

God Live Religious
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
MARTIAL

Laughter Time
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.
MARTIAL

Blood Death Easy Fame Hero Himself Man Purchase
Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
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Content Preference Yourself
Your seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man’s field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros.
MARTIAL

Bury Death Profit Wife Yourself
You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.
MARTIAL

Excellence Praise Verse Yourself
The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
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Nectar Preserve Shine Shrine
Life’s not just about being alive, but being well.
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Alive Health Life
One genius has made many clever artists.
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Artist Genius Oneself
Hidden evils are most dreaded.
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Evil Fear Hide
To have nothing is not poverty.
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One Liner Poverty
What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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Finding Quick Sudden
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Food Greatness Hold Value
Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.
MARTIAL

Friendship Master Service Yourself

A 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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