If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
MARTIALHe who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health.
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You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!
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Your seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man’s field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros.
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For life is only life when blessed with health.
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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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If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
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Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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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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There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
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Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.
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