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Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.

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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Alive Life One Liner
Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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Book Easy Hard Writing Yourself
I’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
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Color Myself Natural
Be satisfied, and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well thou allotted part; Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.
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Cheer Enjoyment Fear Past Satisfaction Thankful
There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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Hairs Man Myself Pretend
It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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Elegant Feeling Force Imagination Ourselves
You puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for.
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Death Live Poet Praise Worth
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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Envy Jealous Yourself
If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
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Greatness Myself Opinion Worth
Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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Enjoyment Existence Health Life
Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Enemy Food Greatness
Life’s not just about being alive, but being well.
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Alive Health Life
What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
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Man Please Satisfaction
You’re obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there’s no living with you, or without you.
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Absence Love Myself Togetherness Yourself
You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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Day Fear Yourself
I have not hated the man, but his faults.
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Hate Man Mistake

Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.

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