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Our days pass by, and are scored against us.

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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
For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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Rich Wealth
It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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Enjoyment Former Life Live
What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
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Man Please Satisfaction
Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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Page Stand Thief 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 fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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Man Walk
Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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Endurance Genuine Known Sorrow
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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Fascination One Liner Point
If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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Death Fame Hurry Myself
The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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Flaw Greatness Hide
See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?
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Amazing Animal Food Growth Possible Yourself
Spare the person but lash the vice.
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One Liner Person Vice
I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse.
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Gratitude Greedy Myself Refusal
To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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Death Glory Late
I have not hated the man, but his faults.
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Hate Man Mistake

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