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No man is quick enough to enjoy life.

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Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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Leather Remember Yourself
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
While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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Solution Yourself
There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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God Live Religious
What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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Finding Quick Sudden
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
Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are carrotty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.
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Bald Kiss Myself Nature Sin Yourself
You admire, Vacerra, only the poets of old and praise only those who are dead. Pardon me, I beseech you, Vacerra, if I think death too high a price to pay for your praise.
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Admire Death Old Pay Poet Praise Price Thinking Yourself
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
Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?
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Aware Fly Gift Himself Swallow
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
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Fools Labour Wasted
Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
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Day Death Fear Yourself
I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
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Believe Man Myself Please
Too late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.
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Day Life Present
No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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Misfortune Reading Satisfaction
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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Elegant Hire Passion

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