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See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?

Martial

No man is quick enough to enjoy life.
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Enough Life Man Quick
You admire, Vacerra, only the poets of old and praise only those who are dead. Pardon me, I beseech you, Vacerra, if I think death too high a price to pay for your praise.
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Admire Death Old Pay Poet Praise Price Thinking Yourself
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
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
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Fools Labour Wasted
Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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Bad Goodness
For life is only life when blessed with health.
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Blessing Health Life
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
There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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Hairs Man Myself Pretend
Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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Endurance Genuine Known Sorrow
Birds of a feather will flock together.
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Bird Friendship Togetherness
I have not hated the man, but his faults.
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Hate Man Mistake
To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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Death 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
Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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Enjoyment Existence Health Life
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
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Food Greatness Hold Value

See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?

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