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It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
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Fools Labour Wasted
Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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Leather Remember Yourself
Laugh, if thou art wise.
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Laughter One Liner Wisdom
Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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Greatness Present Return
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
It is not, believe me, the act of a wise man to say, “I will live.” To-morrow’s life is too late; live to-day.
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Believe Day Man Myself Wisdom
A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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Home One Liner
I know all that better than my own name.
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Better Myself Name
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
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
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
Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
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Day Death Fear Yourself
If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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Death Fame Hurry Myself
Those they praise, but they read the others.
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One Liner Praise Reading
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
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

Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.

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