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The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.

Martial

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
The present joys of life we doubly taste, By looking back with pleasure to the past.
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Doubt Ourselves Pleasure Present Taste
Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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Animal Bird Wings
Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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Greatness Present Return
It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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Elegant Feeling Force Imagination Ourselves
Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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Leather Remember Yourself
While an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of Phaeton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny insect; thus she, who in life was disregarded, became precious by death.
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Ant Death Life Precious Shade Value
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
Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.
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Friendship Master Service 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
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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Bad Goodness
A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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Deep Existence Live Man
One genius has made many clever artists.
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Artist Genius Oneself
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
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Food Greatness Hold Value
To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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Enjoyment Life Live Past

The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.

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