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1. black
2. grey
3. blue
4. red
5. brown
6. white

There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.

Martial

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  You admire, Vacerra, only the poets of old and praise only those who are dead. Pardon me, I beseech you, Vacerra, if I think death too high a price to pay for your praise.

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  If I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth.

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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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  Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.

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  Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.

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  Hidden evils are most dreaded.

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  You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.

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  Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.

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  The face that cannot smile is never fair.

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  If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.

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  One genius has made many clever artists.

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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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  I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.

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