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No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.

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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
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
Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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Fly Joy Life Live
A novice always behaves with propriety.
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Beginning Behavior Novice
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
You admire, Vacerra, only the poets of old and praise only those who are dead. Pardon me, I beseech you, Vacerra, if I think death too high a price to pay for your praise.
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Admire Death Old Pay Poet Praise Price Thinking Yourself
Birds of a feather will flock together.
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Bird Friendship Togetherness
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
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Body Old Revolution
To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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Death Glory Late
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
Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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Leather Remember Yourself
Spare the person but lash the vice.
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One Liner Person Vice
Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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Fly Happiness Wings
Gifts are like hooks.
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Gift One Liner
I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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Leadership Myself Wife
I know all that better than my own name.
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Better Myself Name

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