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There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.

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Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Ash Glory Late
Life’s not just about being alive, but being well.
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Alive Health Life
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
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
MARTIAL

Body Old Revolution
I know all that better than my own name.
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Better Myself Name
The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
MARTIAL

Nectar Preserve Shine Shrine
There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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Animal Glory
You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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Day Fear Yourself
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
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Fools Labour Wasted
I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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Hate Himself Man One Liner Vice
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Food Greatness Hold Value
Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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Page Stand Thief Yourself
Those they praise, but they read the others.
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One Liner Praise Reading
A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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Deep Existence Live Man
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
There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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God Live Religious

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