She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
MARTIALIf fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
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To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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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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While 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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Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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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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If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
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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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Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.
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Birds of a feather will flock together.
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If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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I seem to you cruel and too much addicted to gluttony, when I beat my cook for sending up a bad dinner. If that appears to you too trifling a cause, say for what cause you would have a cook flogged.
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You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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The present joys of life we doubly taste, By looking back with pleasure to the past.
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