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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

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
Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
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Book Creation Goodness Literature Myself Poem Writing
My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
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Life Naughty Poem Purity
No man is quick enough to enjoy life.
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Enough Life Man Quick
You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.
MARTIAL

Excellence Praise Verse Yourself
If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
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Poor Rich Unfair Willing Yourself
He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.
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Borrow Himself Lose Preference
To have nothing is not poverty.
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One Liner Poverty
The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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Flaw Greatness Hide
From no place can you exclude the fates.
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Fate Place Yourself
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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Honey Similar
One genius has made many clever artists.
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Artist Genius Oneself
Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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Enjoyment Existence Health Life
Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.
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Friendship Master Service Yourself
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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Accomplishment High Life Possession Short Value 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

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