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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

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

Fame Life Man Name Yourself
Be satisfied, and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well thou allotted part; Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.
MARTIAL

Cheer Enjoyment Fear Past Satisfaction Thankful
See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?
MARTIAL

Amazing Animal Food Growth Possible Yourself
A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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Home One Liner
For life is only life when blessed with health.
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Blessing Health Life
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
MARTIAL

Food Greatness Hold Value
From no place can you exclude the fates.
MARTIAL

Fate Place 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
Wine and women bring misery.
MARTIAL

Alcohol Misery Wine
I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
MARTIAL

Love Myself
Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Alive Life One Liner
A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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Existence Goodness Himself Man Term
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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Accomplishment High Life Possession Short Value Yourself
Life is not living, but living in health.
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Health Life Live One Liner
There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
MARTIAL

God Live Religious
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.
MARTIAL

Addiction Appearance Cruelty Yourself

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

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