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The present joys of life we doubly taste, By looking back with pleasure to the past.
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Doubt Ourselves Pleasure Present Taste
She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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Grief Herself Sincere Unknown
Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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Book Easy Hard Writing Yourself
Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.
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Day Himself Past Pleasure Virtue
To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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Enjoyment Life Live Past
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
If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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Death Shame Yourself
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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Bad Goodness
Birds of a feather will flock together.
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Bird Friendship Togetherness
The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
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Nectar Preserve Shine Shrine
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
He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.
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Borrow Himself Lose Preference
I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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Hate Himself Man One Liner Vice
Your seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man’s field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros.
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Bury Death Profit Wife Yourself
Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours.
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Fate Friendship Secure Wealth 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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