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No hero to me is the man who, by easy shedding of his blood, purchases fame: my hero is he who, without death, can win praise.

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What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
MARTIAL

Finding Quick Sudden
I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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Hate Himself Man One Liner Vice
Whoever is not too wise is wise.
MARTIAL

One Liner Wisdom
The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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Face Fair Happiness Smile
You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe–or she will call you ungrateful.
MARTIAL

Blessing Care Fortune Gratitude Observation Sadness Yourself
You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.
MARTIAL

Excellence Praise Verse Yourself
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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Believe Day Man Myself Wisdom
The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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Swan Tongue
From no place can you exclude the fates.
MARTIAL

Fate Place Yourself
Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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Greatness Present Return
To-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself’s too late, the wise lived yesterday.
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Fools Future Past Wisdom
There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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God Live Religious
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
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Fools Labour Wasted
Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
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Day Death Fear Yourself
To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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Death Glory Late
One genius has made many clever artists.
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Artist Genius Oneself

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