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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

I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
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Love Myself
If I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth.
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Anxiety Mouth Remember Right Yourself
Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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Day Goodness Man Pain
You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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Run Yourself
What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
MARTIAL

Finding Quick Sudden
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Ash Glory Late
Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
MARTIAL

Book Creation Goodness Literature Myself Poem Writing
If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
MARTIAL

Death Shame Yourself
Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
MARTIAL

Content Language Need
To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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Enjoyment Life Live Past
Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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Enjoyment Existence Health Life
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
When your crowd of attendants so loudly applaud you, Pomponius, it is not you, but your banquet, that is eloquent.
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Attendant Crowd Elegant Loud Praise Yourself
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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Book Himself Writing
If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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Death Fame Hurry Myself

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.

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