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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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I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
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Believe Man Myself Please
To have nothing is not poverty.
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One Liner Poverty
Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Enemy Food Greatness
There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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Hairs Man Myself Pretend
A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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Man Walk
The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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Swan Tongue
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
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
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Body Old Revolution
Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
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Content Preference Yourself
The present joys of life we doubly taste, By looking back with pleasure to the past.
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Doubt Ourselves Pleasure Present Taste
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
A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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Home One Liner
If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
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Death Fame Hurry Myself
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
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
If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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Death Fame Hurry Myself

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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