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The shameless Chloe placed on the tombs of her seven husbands the inscription, “The work of Chloe.” How could she have expressed herself more plainly?

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You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.
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Excellence Praise Verse Yourself
Be merry if you are wise.
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One Liner Wisdom
What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
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Man Please Satisfaction
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Ash Glory Late
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
There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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Hairs Man Myself Pretend
Our days pass by, and are scored against us.
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Day Ourselves Pass Score
Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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Endurance Genuine Known Sorrow
Short is the life of those who possess great accomplishments, and seldom do they reach a good old age. Whatever thou lovest, pray that thou mayest not set too high a value on it.
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Accomplishment High Life Possession Short Value Yourself
A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.
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Doubt Existence Goodness Live Man
You are so pure in mind and heart, In aspect, too, so mild, I wonder that you ever could Implant your wife with child.
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Children Heart Mindset Myself Purity Wife
A jar of wine so priceless did not deserve to die. and Never think of leaving perfume or wines to your heir. Administer these youself and let him have the money.
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Deserve Leaving Money Perfume Price Wine Yourself
To have nothing is not poverty.
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One Liner Poverty
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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Fascination One Liner Point
The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
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Nectar Preserve Shine Shrine
Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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Day Goodness Man Pain

The shameless Chloe placed on the tombs of her seven husbands the inscription, “The work of Chloe.” How could she have expressed herself more plainly?

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The shameless Chloe placed on the tombs of her seven husbands the inscription, “The work of Chloe.” How could she have expressed herself more plainly?

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