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A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.

Martial

It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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Elegant Feeling Force Imagination Ourselves
Those they praise, but they read the others.
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One Liner Praise Reading
Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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One Liner Wisdom
If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.
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Biscuit Commitment Mistake Slave Yourself
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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Fascination One Liner Point
Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you’re a good man, you’re a wonder!
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Goodness Man Yourself
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Ash Glory Late
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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Bald Kiss Myself Nature Sin Yourself
If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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Death Fame Hurry Myself
A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.
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Cook Doubt Himself Master Taste
For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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Rich Wealth
Be merry if you are wise.
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One Liner Wisdom
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
This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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Death Escape Kill Madness Order
Spare the person but lash the vice.
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One Liner Person Vice
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

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