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Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.

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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
Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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One Liner Wisdom
To have nothing is not poverty.
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One Liner Poverty
To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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Death Glory Late
A novice always behaves with propriety.
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Beginning Behavior Novice
Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be.
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Art Myself Yourself
My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
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Life Naughty Poem Purity
If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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Death Fame Hurry Myself
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
Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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Animal Bird Wings
From no place can you exclude the fates.
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Fate Place Yourself
A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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Deep Existence Live Man
Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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Leather Remember Yourself
Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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Greatness Present Return
No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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Misfortune Reading Satisfaction
If I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth.
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Anxiety Mouth Remember Right Yourself

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