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I do not hate the man, but his vices.

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The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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Swan Tongue
I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
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Believe Man Myself Please
You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.
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Excellence Praise Verse Yourself
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
From no place can you exclude the fates.
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Fate Place Yourself
To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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Enjoyment Life Live Past
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Food Greatness Hold Value
Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Alive Life One Liner
He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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Hide One Liner Sorrow True
You’re obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there’s no living with you, or without you.
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Absence Love Myself Togetherness Yourself
Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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Greatness Present Return
Life’s not just about being alive, but being well.
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Alive Health Life
Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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Endurance Genuine Known Sorrow
I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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Leadership Myself Wife
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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Envy Jealous Yourself
Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours.
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Fate Friendship Secure Wealth Yourself

I do not hate the man, but his vices.

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