The face that cannot smile is never fair.
MARTIAL
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The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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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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Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are carrotty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.
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I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.
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He who writes distichs, wishes, I suppose, to please by brevity. But, tell me, of what avail is their brevity, when there is a whose book full of them?
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It is not, believe me, the act of a wise man to say, “I will live.” To-morrow’s life is too late; live to-day.
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From no place can you exclude the fates.
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Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.
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A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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You’re obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there’s no living with you, or without you.
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