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To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.

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There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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God Live Religious
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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Fascination One Liner Point
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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Honey Similar
He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
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Burden Himself Weigh
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
Birds of a feather will flock together.
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Bird Friendship Togetherness
Hidden evils are most dreaded.
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Evil Fear Hide
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
It is not he who forms idols in gold or marble that makes them gods, but he who kneels before them.
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Form God Gold Himself
See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?
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Amazing Animal Food Growth Possible Yourself
He who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health.
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Enjoyment Health Mistake Thinking
To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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Death Glory Late
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Ash Glory Late
No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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Misfortune Reading Satisfaction
You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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Run Yourself
It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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Elegant Feeling Force Imagination Ourselves

To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.

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