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Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.

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Be satisfied, and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well thou allotted part; Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.
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Cheer Enjoyment Fear Past Satisfaction Thankful
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
From no place can you exclude the fates.
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Fate Place Yourself
Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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Book Easy Hard Writing Yourself
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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Elegant Hire Passion
You’re obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there’s no living with you, or without you.
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Absence Love Myself Togetherness Yourself
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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Envy Jealous Yourself
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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Laughter Time
Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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Enough Fate Fortune
Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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Content Language Need
Gifts are like hooks.
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Gift One Liner
A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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Deep Existence Live Man
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
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
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
The shameless Chloe placed on the tombs of her seven husbands the inscription, “The work of Chloe.” How could she have expressed herself more plainly?
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Expression Inscription Place Shame

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