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A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.

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Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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Enjoyment Existence Health Life
The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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Face Fair Happiness Smile
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
Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?
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Aware Fly Gift Himself Swallow
In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wreched life.
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Adversity Brave Easy Endurance Life True
She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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Grief Herself Sincere Unknown
While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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Solution Yourself
Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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Book Easy Hard Writing Yourself
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
My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
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Life Naughty Poem Purity
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
I’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
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Color Myself Natural
I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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Hate Himself Man One Liner Vice
Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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Fly Joy Life Live
Wine and women bring misery.
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Alcohol Misery Wine
If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
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Greatness Myself Opinion Worth

A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.

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A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.

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