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Martial. 40-102 a. d

Juvenal. 47-138 a. d.

No man ever became extremely wicked all at once.[721:6]

Satire ii. 83.

Grammarian, orator, geometrician; painter, gymnastic teacher, physician; fortune-teller, rope-dancer, conjuror,—he knew everything.[721:7]

Satire iii. 76.

Nobility is the one only virtue.[721:8]

Satire viii. 20.

I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; this only I can say, I do not love thee.[722:1]

Epigram i. 32.

The good man prolongs his life; to be able to enjoy one's past life is to live twice.[722:2]

Epigram x. 23, 7.

The bee enclosed and through the amber shown

Seems buried in the juice which was his own.[722:3]

Book iv. 32.

Neither fear, nor wish for, your last day.[722:4]

Book x. 47, 13.