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Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.

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To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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Enjoyment Life Live Past
I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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Hate Himself Man One Liner Vice
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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Envy Jealous Yourself
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
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
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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Honey Similar
You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!
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Death Fools Life Promise Yourself
I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
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Fame Life Man Name Yourself
Wine and women bring misery.
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Alcohol Misery Wine
Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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Flaw Imagination World Worst
You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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Break Care Commitment Crystal Fear Hands Yourself
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
A novice always behaves with propriety.
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Beginning Behavior Novice
Be satisfied, and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well thou allotted part; Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.
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Cheer Enjoyment Fear Past Satisfaction Thankful
She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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Grief Herself Sincere Unknown
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

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