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You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.

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Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear. But yours gives most; for mine did only lend Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.
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Believe Deserve Myself World
Gifts are like hooks.
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Gift One Liner
He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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Hide One Liner Sorrow True
A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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Home One Liner
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
It is not he who forms idols in gold or marble that makes them gods, but he who kneels before them.
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Form God Gold Himself
Be merry if you are wise.
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One Liner 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
If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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Death Shame Yourself
Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.
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Day Himself Past Pleasure Virtue
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
When your crowd of attendants so loudly applaud you, Pomponius, it is not you, but your banquet, that is eloquent.
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Attendant Crowd Elegant Loud Praise Yourself
If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.
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Biscuit Commitment Mistake Slave Yourself
Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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Inspirational Life Live
If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
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Death Fame Hurry Myself
Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.
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Friendship Master Service Yourself
I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
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Fame Life Man Name Yourself
In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life.
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Adversity Brave Himself Life True
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
I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
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Believe Man Myself Please
Short is the life of those who possess great accomplishments, and seldom do they reach a good old age. Whatever thou lovest, pray that thou mayest not set too high a value on it.
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Accomplishment High Life Possession Short Value Yourself
I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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Leadership Myself Wife
Our days pass by, and are scored against us.
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Day Ourselves Pass Score
I seem to you cruel and too much addicted to gluttony, when I beat my cook for sending up a bad dinner. If that appears to you too trifling a cause, say for what cause you would have a cook flogged.
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Addiction Appearance Cruelty Yourself
For life is only life when blessed with health.
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Blessing Health Life
That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.
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Agreement Food Movie Prevent Proud
To have nothing is not poverty.
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One Liner Poverty

You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.

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