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Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?

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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
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 may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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Envy Jealous Yourself
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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Expression Inscription Place Shame
Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you’re a good man, you’re a wonder!
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Goodness Man Yourself
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
I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
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Fame Life Man Name Yourself
Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be.
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Art Myself Yourself
Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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Leather Remember Yourself
I seem to you cruel and too much addicted to gluttony, when I beat my cook for sending up a bad dinner. If that appears to you too trifling a cause, say for what cause you would have a cook flogged.
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Addiction Appearance Cruelty Yourself
I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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Hate Himself Man One Liner Vice
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
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Body Old Revolution
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
You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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Day Fear Yourself
Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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Page Stand Thief Yourself
Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Enemy Food Greatness

Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?

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