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I have not hated the man, but his faults.

Martial

You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe–or she will call you ungrateful.
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Blessing Care Fortune Gratitude Observation Sadness Yourself
Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.
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Day Himself Past Pleasure Virtue
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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Original Position Yourself
Too late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.
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Day Life Present
While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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Solution Yourself
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Food Greatness Hold Value
No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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Misfortune Reading Satisfaction
If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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Death Fame Hurry Myself
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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Art Myself Yourself
Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Alive Life One Liner
She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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Grief Herself Sincere Unknown
A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.
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Doubt Existence Goodness Live Man
In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life.
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Adversity Brave Himself Life True
A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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Deep Existence Live Man
A novice always behaves with propriety.
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Beginning Behavior Novice
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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Elegant Hire Passion
Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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Flaw Imagination World Worst
Hidden evils are most dreaded.
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Evil Fear Hide
Birds of a feather will flock together.
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Bird Friendship Togetherness
The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
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Nectar Preserve Shine Shrine
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
To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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Death Glory Late
I know all that better than my own name.
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Better Myself Name
Wine and women bring misery.
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Alcohol Misery Wine
Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
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Eyes Love Man Proud Unfortunate
When your crowd of attendants so loudly applaud you, Pomponius, it is not you, but your banquet, that is eloquent.
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Attendant Crowd Elegant Loud Praise Yourself
What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
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Man Please Satisfaction

I have not hated the man, but his faults.

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