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Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are carrotty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.

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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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Original Position 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
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
Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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Leather Remember Yourself
While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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Solution Yourself
Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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Day Goodness Man Pain
I have not hated the man, but his faults.
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Hate Man Mistake
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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Cheerful One Liner Wisdom Yourself
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Ash Glory Late
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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Honey Similar
Hidden evils are most dreaded.
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Evil Fear Hide
A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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Man Walk
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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Fascination One Liner Point
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
The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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Flaw Greatness Hide
My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
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Life Naughty Poem Purity

Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are carrotty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.

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Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are carrotty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.

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