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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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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 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
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Ash Glory Late
Too late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.
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Day Life Present
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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Enough Fortune Unfair
There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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God Live Religious
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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Honey Similar
Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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Fly Happiness Wings
What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
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Man Please Satisfaction
A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.
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Cook Doubt Himself Master Taste
Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
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Eyes Love Man Proud Unfortunate
If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
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Greatness Myself Opinion Worth
Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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Happiness Joy Willing Yourself
I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.
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Boredom Face Love Missing Myself Togetherness
Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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Flaw Imagination World Worst
A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.
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Doubt Existence Goodness Live Man

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