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Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are carrotty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.

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She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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Grief Herself Sincere Unknown
Spare the person but lash the vice.
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One Liner Person Vice
A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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Deep Existence Live Man
Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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Fly Joy Life Live
I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse.
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Gratitude Greedy Myself Refusal
Life’s not just about being alive, but being well.
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Alive Health Life
The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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Flaw Greatness Hide
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
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
Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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Page Stand Thief Yourself
He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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Hide One Liner Sorrow True
Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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Animal Bird Wings
Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
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Eyes Love Man Proud Unfortunate
Gifts are like hooks.
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Gift One Liner
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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Original Position Yourself
If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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Death Shame Yourself

Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are carrotty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.

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Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are carrotty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.

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