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Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.

Martial

I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
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Believe Man Myself Please
My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
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Life Naughty Poem Purity
Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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Endurance Genuine Known Sorrow
Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Alive Life One Liner
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
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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Cheerful One Liner Wisdom Yourself
You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe–or she will call you ungrateful.
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Blessing Care Fortune Gratitude Observation Sadness Yourself
Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?
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Aware Fly Gift Himself Swallow
Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours.
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Fate Friendship Secure Wealth Yourself
A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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Deep Existence Live Man
Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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Content Language Need
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Food Greatness Hold Value
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Ash Glory Late
A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.
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Doubt Existence Goodness Live Man
A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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Existence Goodness Himself Man Term
I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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Leadership Myself Wife

Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.

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