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What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.

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I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse.
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Gratitude Greedy Myself Refusal
Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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Endurance Genuine Known Sorrow
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
Life’s not just about being alive, but being well.
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Alive Health Life
Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
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Eyes Love Man Proud Unfortunate
Those they praise, but they read the others.
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One Liner Praise Reading
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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Bad Goodness
Work divided is in that manner shortened.
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Division Short Work
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
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
There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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Hairs Man Myself Pretend
He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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Hide One Liner Sorrow True
A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.
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Doubt Existence Goodness Live Man
If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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Himself Leaving Mourn
You admire, Vacerra, only the poets of old and praise only those who are dead. Pardon me, I beseech you, Vacerra, if I think death too high a price to pay for your praise.
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Admire Death Old Pay Poet Praise Price Thinking Yourself
For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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Rich Wealth

What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.

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