The present joys of life we doubly taste, By looking back with pleasure to the past.
MARTIALMake it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life.
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You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe–or she will call you ungrateful.
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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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What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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The shameless Chloe placed on the tombs of her seven husbands the inscription, “The work of Chloe.” How could she have expressed herself more plainly?
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Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear. But yours gives most; for mine did only lend Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.
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To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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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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There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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