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The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.

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Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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Enough Fortune Unfair
Life’s not just about being alive, but being well.
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Alive Health Life
No hero to me is the man who, by easy shedding of his blood, purchases fame: my hero is he who, without death, can win praise.
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Blood Death Easy Fame Hero Himself Man Purchase
Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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Flaw Imagination World Worst
No man is quick enough to enjoy life.
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Enough Life Man Quick
If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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Himself Leaving Mourn
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
A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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Existence Goodness Himself Man Term
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
I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
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Believe Man Myself Please
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
Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear. But yours gives most; for mine did only lend Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.
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Believe Deserve Myself World
Our days pass by, and are scored against us.
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Day Ourselves Pass Score
There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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Hairs Man Myself Pretend
Life is not living, but living in health.
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Health Life Live One Liner
He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
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Burden Himself Weigh

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