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Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.

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It is not, believe me, the act of a wise man to say, “I will live.” To-morrow’s life is too late; live to-day.
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Believe Day Man Myself Wisdom
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
The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
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Nectar Preserve Shine Shrine
Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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Flaw Imagination World Worst
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
Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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Enjoyment Existence Health Life
Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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Enough Fate Fortune
Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.
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Charm Prize Rare Suit
You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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Day Fear Yourself
Your seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man’s field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros.
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Bury Death Profit Wife Yourself
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
A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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Existence Goodness Himself Man Term
Spare the person but lash the vice.
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One Liner Person Vice
The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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Face Fair Happiness Smile
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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Content Preference Yourself
Those they praise, but they read the others.
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One Liner Praise Reading

Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.

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