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There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.

Martial

Birds of a feather will flock together.
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Bird Friendship Togetherness
Wine and women bring misery.
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Alcohol Misery Wine
I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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Leadership Myself Wife
Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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Fly Happiness Wings
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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Fascination One Liner Point
If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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Death Fame Hurry Myself
Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
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Day Death Fear Yourself
What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
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Man Please Satisfaction
The shameless Chloe placed on the tombs of her seven husbands the inscription, “The work of Chloe.” How could she have expressed herself more plainly?
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Expression Inscription Place Shame
It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.
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Adversity Death Easy Live Reality
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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Laughter Time
Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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Inspirational Life Live
Spare the person but lash the vice.
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One Liner Person Vice
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
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
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Goodness Life Pleasure Sight
Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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Book Easy Hard Writing Yourself
For life is only life when blessed with health.
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Blessing Health Life
One genius has made many clever artists.
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Artist Genius Oneself
Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
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Content Preference Yourself
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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Envy Jealous 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 like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
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Fame Life Man Name Yourself
I have not hated the man, but his faults.
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Hate Man Mistake
Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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Leather Remember Yourself
Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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Bad Goodness
Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
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Eyes Love Man Proud Unfortunate
A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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Deep Existence Live Man

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