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I commend you, Postumus, for kissing me with only half your lip; you may, however, if you please, withhold even the half of this half. Are you inclined to grant me a boon still greater, and even inexpressible? Keep this whole half entirely to yourself, Postumus.
Martial
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His all, as not for self
Brought into being, but for all the world:
Such was his creed.
Lucan
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Vast as the starry Serpent, that on high Tracks the clear ether, and divides the sky, And southward winding from the Northern Wain, Shoots to remoter spheres its glittering train.
Statius
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Check the ailment before it's got to you...
Persius
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What a great artist dies with me!
Nero
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