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Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.

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No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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Misfortune Reading Satisfaction
A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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Home One Liner
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
You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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Break Care Commitment Crystal Fear Hands Yourself
You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe–or she will call you ungrateful.
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Blessing Care Fortune Gratitude Observation Sadness Yourself
He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
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Burden Himself Weigh
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
Short is the life of those who possess great accomplishments, and seldom do they reach a good old age. Whatever thou lovest, pray that thou mayest not set too high a value on it.
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Accomplishment High Life Possession Short Value Yourself
To have nothing is not poverty.
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One Liner Poverty
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
Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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Fly Happiness Wings
If I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth.
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Anxiety Mouth Remember Right Yourself
Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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Page Stand Thief Yourself
When your crowd of attendants so loudly applaud you, Pomponius, it is not you, but your banquet, that is eloquent.
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Attendant Crowd Elegant Loud Praise Yourself
The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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Face Fair Happiness Smile
If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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Death Shame Yourself

Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.

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