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Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours.

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Hidden evils are most dreaded.
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Evil Fear Hide
Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Alive Life One Liner
Wine and women bring misery.
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Alcohol Misery Wine
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
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
If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.
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Biscuit Commitment Mistake Slave 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
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
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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Aware Fly Gift Himself Swallow
In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wreched life.
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Adversity Brave Easy Endurance Life True
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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Cheerful One Liner Wisdom Yourself
She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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Grief Herself Sincere Unknown
The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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Man Virtue World
He who writes distichs, wishes, I suppose, to please by brevity. But, tell me, of what avail is their brevity, when there is a whose book full of them?
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Book Himself Writing
What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
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Man Please Satisfaction
The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
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Advice Attack Deep Lion Rush

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