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To have nothing is not poverty.

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There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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Animal Glory
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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Man Please Satisfaction
Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Alive Life One Liner
Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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Leather Remember Yourself
From no place can you exclude the fates.
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Fate Place Yourself
You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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Day Fear Yourself
The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
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Advice Attack Deep Lion Rush
Hidden evils are most dreaded.
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Evil Fear Hide
In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wreched life.
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Adversity Brave Easy Endurance Life True
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
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
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
Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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Greatness Present Return
The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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Swan Tongue
The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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Flaw Greatness Hide

To have nothing is not poverty.

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