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Whoever is not too wise is wise.

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Gifts are like hooks.
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Gift One Liner
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
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Body Old Revolution
Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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One Liner Wisdom
This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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Death Escape Kill Madness Order
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
Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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Inspirational Life Live
My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
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Life Naughty Poem Purity
Wine and women bring misery.
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Alcohol Misery Wine
Spare the person but lash the vice.
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One Liner Person Vice
Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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Enough Fate Fortune
The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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Swan Tongue
There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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Hairs Man Myself Pretend
The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
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Nectar Preserve Shine Shrine
You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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Run Yourself
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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Bald Kiss Myself Nature Sin Yourself
Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
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Book Creation Goodness Literature Myself Poem Writing

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