The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
MARTIALWhen your crowd of attendants so loudly applaud you, Pomponius, it is not you, but your banquet, that is eloquent.
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If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
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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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Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be.
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There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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When your crowd of attendants so loudly applaud you, Pomponius, it is not you, but your banquet, that is eloquent.
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They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours.
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He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you’re a good man, you’re a wonder!
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Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear. But yours gives most; for mine did only lend Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.
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If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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