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Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.

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Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
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Book Creation Goodness Literature Myself Poem Writing
Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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Book Easy Hard Writing Yourself
Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you’re a good man, you’re a wonder!
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Goodness Man Yourself
Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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Bad Goodness
Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Alive Life One Liner
The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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Flaw Greatness Hide
You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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Day Fear 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
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
To-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself’s too late, the wise lived yesterday.
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Fools Future Past Wisdom
He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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Hide One Liner Sorrow True
Too late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.
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Day Life Present
Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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Content Language Need
Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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Endurance Genuine Known Sorrow
A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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Deep Existence Live Man
Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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Greatness Present Return

Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.

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