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Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.

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What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
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Man Please Satisfaction
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
Wine and women bring misery.
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Alcohol Misery Wine
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
No man is quick enough to enjoy life.
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Enough Life Man Quick
There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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Hairs Man Myself Pretend
Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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Leather Remember Yourself
One genius has made many clever artists.
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Artist Genius Oneself
Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.
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Day Himself Past Pleasure Virtue
I know all that better than my own name.
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Better Myself Name
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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Elegant Hire Passion
You’re obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there’s no living with you, or without you.
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Absence Love Myself Togetherness Yourself
Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are carrotty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.
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Bald Kiss Myself Nature Sin Yourself
See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?
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Amazing Animal Food Growth Possible Yourself
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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Bad Goodness
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

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