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You may envy every one, but no one envies you.

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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
The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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Swan Tongue
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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Envy Jealous Yourself
Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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Bad Goodness
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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Honey Similar
If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
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Poor Rich Unfair Willing Yourself
I have not hated the man, but his faults.
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Hate Man Mistake
Be merry if you are wise.
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One Liner Wisdom
If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.
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Biscuit Commitment Mistake Slave Yourself
You importune me, Tucca, to present you with my books. I shall not do so; for you want to sell, not to read, them.
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Book Myself Present Reading Yourself
Wine and women bring misery.
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Alcohol Misery Wine
In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life.
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Adversity Brave Himself Life True
Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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Fly Joy Life Live
He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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Hide One Liner Sorrow True
You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter.
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Friendship Short Writing Yourself
Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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