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

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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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Original Position Yourself
It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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Elegant Feeling Force Imagination Ourselves
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
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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Envy Jealous Yourself
Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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Animal Bird Wings
You importune me, Tucca, to present you with my books. I shall not do so; for you want to sell, not to read, them.
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Book Myself Present Reading Yourself
In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life.
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Adversity Brave Himself Life True
If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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Himself Leaving Mourn
I’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
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Color Myself Natural
One genius has made many clever artists.
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Artist Genius Oneself
A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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Deep Existence Live Man
What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
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Man Please Satisfaction
You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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Break Care Commitment Crystal Fear Hands Yourself
You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.
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Excellence Praise Verse Yourself
This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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Death Escape Kill Madness Order
A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.
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Cook Doubt Himself Master Taste
Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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Endurance Genuine Known Sorrow
Birds of a feather will flock together.
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Bird Friendship Togetherness
I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
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Believe Man Myself Please
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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Honey Similar
Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be.
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Art Myself Yourself
For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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Rich Wealth
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Ash Glory Late
To-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself’s too late, the wise lived yesterday.
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Fools Future Past Wisdom
I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.
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Boredom Face Love Missing Myself Togetherness
Spare the person but lash the vice.
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One Liner Person Vice
Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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Day Goodness Man Pain

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

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