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That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.

Martial

One genius has made many clever artists.
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Artist Genius Oneself
The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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Flaw Greatness Hide
I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse.
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Gratitude Greedy Myself Refusal
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
You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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Run Yourself
You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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Break Care Commitment Crystal Fear Hands Yourself
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
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
I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
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Fame Life Man Name Yourself
While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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Solution Yourself
You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.
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Excellence Praise Verse Yourself
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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Elegant Hire Passion
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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Laughter Time
I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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Hate Himself Man One Liner Vice
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
There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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God Live Religious

That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.

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