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Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.

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He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
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Burden Himself Weigh
If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
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Greatness Myself Opinion Worth
Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
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Content Preference Yourself
Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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Flaw Imagination World Worst
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 do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
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Love Myself
Laugh, if thou art wise.
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Laughter One Liner Wisdom
Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Enemy Food Greatness
Gifts are like hooks.
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Gift One Liner
A novice always behaves with propriety.
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Beginning Behavior Novice
Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Alive Life One Liner
He who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health.
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Enjoyment Health Mistake Thinking
Short is the life of those who possess great accomplishments, and seldom do they reach a good old age. Whatever thou lovest, pray that thou mayest not set too high a value on it.
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Accomplishment High Life Possession Short Value Yourself
There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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God Live Religious
To have nothing is not poverty.
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One Liner Poverty
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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Cheerful One Liner Wisdom 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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