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One genius has made many clever artists.
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Short is the life of those who possess great accomplishments, and seldom do they reach a good old age. Whatever thou lovest, pray that thou mayest not set too high a value on it.
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I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why I can only say this, I do not love thee.
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However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife that shall be my master.]
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He 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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Life's not just about being alive, but being well.
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Be merry if you are wise.
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Be not too thick with anybody your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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Do you ask why I am unwilling to marry a rich wife? It is because I am unwilling to be taken to husband by my wife. The mistress of the house should be subordinate to her husband, for in no other way, Priscus, will the wife and husband be on an equality.
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Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.
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What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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Can the fish love the fisherman? [Lat., Piscatorem piscis amare potest?]
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I do not like the man who squanders life for fame give me the man who living makes a name. [Lat., Nolo virum facili redimit qui sanquine famam Hunc volo laudari qui sine morte potest.]
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I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
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Be satisfied, and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well thou allotted part Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.
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It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
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