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A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.

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Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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Day Goodness Man Pain
He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.
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Borrow Himself Lose Preference
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
Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Alive Life One Liner
To-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself’s too late, the wise lived yesterday.
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Fools Future Past Wisdom
He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
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Burden Himself Weigh
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
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Goodness Life Pleasure Sight
For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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Rich Wealth
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Ash Glory Late
If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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Death Fame Hurry Myself
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
Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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Fly Joy Life Live
Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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Happiness Joy Willing Yourself
I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
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Fame Life Man Name Yourself
Your seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man’s field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros.
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Bury Death Profit Wife Yourself
Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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Animal Bird Wings

A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.

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