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You ask what a nice girl will do? She won’t give an inch, but she won’t say no.

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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
Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours.
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Fate Friendship Secure Wealth Yourself
If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
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Death Fame Hurry Myself
He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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Hide One Liner Sorrow True
A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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Man Walk
He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.
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Borrow Himself Lose Preference
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
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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Enough Fortune Unfair
No hero to me is the man who, by easy shedding of his blood, purchases fame: my hero is he who, without death, can win praise.
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Blood Death Easy Fame Hero Himself Man Purchase
Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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Enjoyment Existence Health Life
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
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
Spare the person but lash the vice.
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One Liner Person Vice
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
Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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Content Language Need
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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Envy Jealous Yourself

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