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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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It is easy in adversity to despise death he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.
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The shameless Chloe placed on the tombs of her seven husbands the inscription, The work of Chloe. How could she have expressed herself more plainly?
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It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure
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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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Wine and women bring misery.
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Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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I am a shell-fish just come from being saturated with the waters of the Lucrine lake, near Baiae but now I luxuriously thrust for noble pickle.
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Neither fear your death's day nor long for it.
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This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death? [Lat., Hic rogo non furor est ne moriare mori?]
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If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
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Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.
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Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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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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Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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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 wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife that shall be my master.]
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If fame comes after death, I'm in no hurry for it. [Lat., Si post fata venit gloria non propero.]
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He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
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