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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.

Martial

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
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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Blood Death Easy Fame Hero Himself Man Purchase
You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter.
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Friendship Short Writing Yourself
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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Laughter Time
What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
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Man Please Satisfaction
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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Envy Jealous Yourself
Too late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.
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Day Life Present
If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
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Death Fame Hurry Myself
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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Bad Goodness
You’re obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there’s no living with you, or without you.
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Absence Love Myself Togetherness Yourself
It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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Elegant Feeling Force Imagination Ourselves
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
There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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God Live Religious
Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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Bad Goodness
To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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Death Glory Late
If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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Himself Leaving Mourn

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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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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