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Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear. But yours gives most; for mine did only lend Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.

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Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.
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Arms Exercise Man Strong Worthy
It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.
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Adversity Death Easy Live Reality
Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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Leather Remember Yourself
Spare the person but lash the vice.
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One Liner Person Vice
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
Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.
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Day Himself Past Pleasure Virtue
Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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Happiness Joy Willing Yourself
The shameless Chloe placed on the tombs of her seven husbands the inscription, “The work of Chloe.” How could she have expressed herself more plainly?
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Expression Inscription Place Shame
This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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Death Escape Kill Madness Order
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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Cheerful One Liner Wisdom Yourself
I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
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Love Myself
Wine and women bring misery.
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Alcohol Misery Wine
Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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Book Easy Hard Writing Yourself
Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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Greatness Present Return
It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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Enjoyment Former Life Live
You puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for.
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Death Live Poet Praise Worth

Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear. But yours gives most; for mine did only lend Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.

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