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Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be.

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You importune me, Tucca, to present you with my books. I shall not do so; for you want to sell, not to read, them.
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Book Myself Present Reading Yourself
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 face that cannot smile is never fair.
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Face Fair Happiness Smile
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
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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Bad Goodness
While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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Solution Yourself
A jar of wine so priceless did not deserve to die. and Never think of leaving perfume or wines to your heir. Administer these youself and let him have the money.
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Deserve Leaving Money Perfume Price Wine Yourself
You ask what a nice girl will do? She won’t give an inch, but she won’t say no.
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Herself Woman
There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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Animal Glory
Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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Leather Remember 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
No man is quick enough to enjoy life.
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Enough Life Man Quick
In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life.
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Adversity Brave Himself Life True
This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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Death Escape Kill Madness Order
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
He who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health.
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Enjoyment Health Mistake Thinking

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