If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
MARTIALIf I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth.
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However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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You ask what a nice girl will do? She won’t give an inch, but she won’t say no.
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While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.
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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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He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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If I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth.
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Hidden evils are most dreaded.
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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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Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
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She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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