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The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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Swan Tongue
Spare the person but lash the vice.
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One Liner Person Vice
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
Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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Endurance Genuine Known Sorrow
The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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Man Virtue World
Laugh, if thou art wise.
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Laughter One Liner Wisdom
To have nothing is not poverty.
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One Liner Poverty
You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!
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Death Fools Life Promise Yourself
For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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Rich Wealth
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
Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.
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Charm Prize Rare Suit
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
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
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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Bad Goodness
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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Enough Fortune Unfair
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Food Greatness Hold Value

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