Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.
QUINTILIANOur minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
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Lately we have had many losses.
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Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
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Sayings designed to raise a laugh are generally untrue and never complimentary. Laughter is never far removed from derision.
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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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A liar ought to have a good memory.
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A Woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person.
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That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
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Medicine for the dead is too late.
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We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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She abounds with lucious faults.
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Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
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Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
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Give bread to a stranger, in the name of the universal brotherhood which binds together all men under the common father of nature.
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In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion.
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While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
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