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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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Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
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Day Death Fear Yourself
What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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Finding Quick Sudden
Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Alive Life One Liner
He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
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Burden Himself Weigh
That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.
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Agreement Food Movie Prevent Proud
I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.
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Boredom Face Love Missing Myself Togetherness
Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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Page Stand Thief Yourself
Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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Content Language Need
Wine and women bring misery.
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Alcohol Misery Wine
Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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Book Easy Hard Writing Yourself
I am a shell-fish just come from being saturated with the waters of the Lucrine lake, near Baiae; but now I luxuriously thrust for noble pickle.
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Lake Luxury Myself Water
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
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Food Greatness Hold Value
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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Honey Similar
Your seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man’s field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros.
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Bury Death Profit Wife Yourself
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

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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