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No hero to me is the man who, by easy shedding of his blood, purchases fame: my hero is he who, without death, can win praise.
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Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed if you're a good man, you're a wonder!
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He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
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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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While an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of Phaeton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny insect thus she, who in life was disregarded, became precious by death.
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For life is only life when blessed with health.
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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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Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
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I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse.
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They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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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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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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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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To-morrow I will live, the fool does say To-day itself's too late, the wise lived yesterday.
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While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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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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What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather. [Lat., Memento, in pellicula, cerdo, tenere tuo.]
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You're obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there's no living with you, or without you.
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