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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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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
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
I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
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Believe Man Myself Please
What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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Finding Quick Sudden
The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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Flaw Greatness Hide
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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Elegant Hire Passion
I seem to you cruel and too much addicted to gluttony, when I beat my cook for sending up a bad dinner. If that appears to you too trifling a cause, say for what cause you would have a cook flogged.
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Addiction Appearance Cruelty Yourself
I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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Leadership Myself Wife
A jar of wine so priceless did not deserve to die. and Never think of leaving perfume or wines to your heir. Administer these youself and let him have the money.
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Deserve Leaving Money Perfume Price Wine Yourself
A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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Deep Existence Live Man
There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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God Live Religious
If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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Himself Leaving Mourn
Be merry if you are wise.
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One Liner Wisdom
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
If I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth.
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Anxiety Mouth Remember Right Yourself
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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Enough Fortune Unfair

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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