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My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.

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While an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of Phaeton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny insect; thus she, who in life was disregarded, became precious by death.
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Ant Death Life Precious Shade Value
I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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Leadership Myself Wife
I have not hated the man, but his faults.
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Hate Man Mistake
Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
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Day Death 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
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
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
Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Enemy Food Greatness
Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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Book Easy Hard Writing Yourself
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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Enough Fortune Unfair
Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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Page Stand Thief Yourself
You are so pure in mind and heart, In aspect, too, so mild, I wonder that you ever could Implant your wife with child.
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Children Heart Mindset Myself Purity Wife
My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
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Life Naughty Poem Purity
The shameless Chloe placed on the tombs of her seven husbands the inscription, “The work of Chloe.” How could she have expressed herself more plainly?
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Expression Inscription Place Shame
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
You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!
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Death Fools Life Promise Yourself

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