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Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
Source: Epigrams, 7, 47, A.D. 86; tr. Walter C. A. Ker. -- Martial, (Mar 1 43-104), Roman epigrammatic poet; He wrote 11 books of witty epigrams describing Roman life.