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Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.

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It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.
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Adversity Death Easy Live Reality
Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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Endurance Genuine Known Sorrow
Those they praise, but they read the others.
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One Liner Praise Reading
He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.
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Borrow Himself Lose Preference
A novice always behaves with propriety.
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Beginning Behavior Novice
A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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Man Walk
I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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Leadership Myself Wife
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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Bad Goodness
It is not, believe me, the act of a wise man to say, “I will live.” To-morrow’s life is too late; live to-day.
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Believe Day Man Myself Wisdom
What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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Finding Quick Sudden
You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe–or she will call you ungrateful.
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Blessing Care Fortune Gratitude Observation Sadness Yourself
No man is quick enough to enjoy life.
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Enough Life Man Quick
He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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Hide One Liner Sorrow True
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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Cheerful One Liner Wisdom Yourself
No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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Misfortune Reading Satisfaction
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
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Goodness Life Pleasure Sight

Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.

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