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It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.

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Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.
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Day Himself Past Pleasure Virtue
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
Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
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Book Creation Goodness Literature Myself Poem Writing
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
Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours.
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Fate Friendship Secure Wealth Yourself
Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear. But yours gives most; for mine did only lend Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.
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Believe Deserve Myself World
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Ash Glory Late
I’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
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Color Myself Natural
The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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Face Fair Happiness Smile
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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Enough Fortune Unfair
No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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Misfortune Reading Satisfaction
For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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Rich Wealth
While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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Solution Yourself
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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Bad Goodness
I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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Hate Himself Man One Liner Vice
I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
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Love Myself

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