I’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
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 crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
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Too late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.
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Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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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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Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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You ask what a nice girl will do? She won’t give an inch, but she won’t say no.
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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
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What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
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