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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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Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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Enough Fate Fortune
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
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Fools Labour Wasted
Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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Day Goodness Man Pain
My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
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Life Naughty Poem Purity
Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Alive Life One Liner
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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Laughter Time
The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
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Nectar Preserve Shine Shrine
The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
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Advice Attack Deep Lion Rush
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
The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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Flaw Greatness Hide
I’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
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Color Myself Natural
The shameless Chloe placed on the tombs of her seven husbands the inscription, “The work of Chloe.” How could she have expressed herself more plainly?
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Expression Inscription Place Shame
I am a shell-fish just come from being saturated with the waters of the Lucrine lake, near Baiae; but now I luxuriously thrust for noble pickle.
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Lake Luxury Myself Water
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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Enough Fortune Unfair
What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
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Man Please Satisfaction
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Food Greatness Hold Value

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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