“Life is not living, but living in health.”

—  Martial , book Epigrammata

VI, 70.
Variant translations:
It is not life to live, but to be well.
Life's not just being alive, but being well.
Epigrams (c. 80 – 104 AD)

Original

Vita non est vivere, sed valera vita est.

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Latin poet from Hispania 40–104

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