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Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.

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Can the fish love the fisherman?
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Deep Love One Liner
No man is quick enough to enjoy life.
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Enough Life Man Quick
My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
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Life Naughty Poem Purity
Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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Animal Bird Wings
Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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Enough Fate Fortune
A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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Man Walk
While an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of Phaeton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny insect; thus she, who in life was disregarded, became precious by death.
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Ant Death Life Precious Shade Value
If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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Death Shame Yourself
If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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Death Fame Hurry Myself
The present joys of life we doubly taste, By looking back with pleasure to the past.
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Doubt Ourselves Pleasure Present Taste
One genius has made many clever artists.
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Artist Genius Oneself
Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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Day Goodness Man Pain
You admire, Vacerra, only the poets of old and praise only those who are dead. Pardon me, I beseech you, Vacerra, if I think death too high a price to pay for your praise.
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Admire Death Old Pay Poet Praise Price Thinking Yourself
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
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Fools Labour Wasted
You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.
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Excellence Praise Verse Yourself
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Food Greatness Hold Value

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