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To have nothing is not poverty.

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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
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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Enough Fortune Unfair
Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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Day Goodness Man Pain
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
I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
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Believe Man Myself Please
If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
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Poor Rich Unfair Willing Yourself
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
It is not he who forms idols in gold or marble that makes them gods, but he who kneels before them.
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Form God Gold Himself
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Food Greatness Hold Value
He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
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Burden Himself Weigh
No hero to me is the man who, by easy shedding of his blood, purchases fame: my hero is he who, without death, can win praise.
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Blood Death Easy Fame Hero Himself Man Purchase
Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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One Liner Wisdom
A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.
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Doubt Existence Goodness Live Man
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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Elegant Hire Passion
If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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Death Shame Yourself
For life is only life when blessed with health.
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Blessing Health Life

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