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I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.

Martial

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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Doubt Existence Goodness Live Man
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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Envy Jealous Yourself
He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
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Burden Himself Weigh
To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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Death Glory Late
Laugh, if thou art wise.
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Laughter One Liner Wisdom
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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Enjoyment Health Mistake Thinking
It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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Elegant Feeling Force Imagination Ourselves
Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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Flaw Imagination World Worst
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
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Body Old Revolution
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
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Goodness Life Pleasure Sight
You importune me, Tucca, to present you with my books. I shall not do so; for you want to sell, not to read, them.
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Book Myself Present Reading Yourself
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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Form God Gold Himself
He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.
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Borrow Himself Lose Preference
Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
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Day Death Fear Yourself
I know all that better than my own name.
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Better Myself Name
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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Fascination One Liner Point

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