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Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.

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There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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Animal Glory
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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Elegant Hire Passion
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
Those they praise, but they read the others.
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One Liner Praise Reading
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
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
Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.
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Day Himself Past Pleasure Virtue
He who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health.
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Enjoyment Health Mistake Thinking
Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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Content Language Need
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Food Greatness Hold Value
For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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Rich Wealth
Birds of a feather will flock together.
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Bird Friendship Togetherness
No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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Misfortune Reading Satisfaction
Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Alive Life One Liner
Life is not living, but living in health.
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Health Life Live One Liner
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

Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.

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