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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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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
I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
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Love Myself
You ask what a nice girl will do? She won’t give an inch, but she won’t say no.
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Herself Woman
If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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Death Shame Yourself
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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Original Position Yourself
Life’s not just about being alive, but being well.
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Alive Health Life
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
Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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Page Stand Thief Yourself
You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!
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Death Fools Life Promise Yourself
He who writes distichs, wishes, I suppose, to please by brevity. But, tell me, of what avail is their brevity, when there is a whose book full of them?
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Book Himself Writing
Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be.
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Art Myself Yourself
Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Enemy Food Greatness
You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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Day Fear Yourself
I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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Hate Himself Man One Liner Vice
No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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Misfortune Reading Satisfaction
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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Fascination One Liner Point

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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