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

Martial

He who writes distichs, wishes, I suppose, to please by brevity. But, tell me, of what avail is their brevity, when there is a whose book full of them?
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Book Himself Writing
You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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Break Care Commitment Crystal Fear Hands Yourself
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
A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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Existence Goodness Himself Man Term
There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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Hairs Man Myself Pretend
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Ash Glory Late
You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter.
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Friendship Short Writing Yourself
Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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Endurance Genuine Known Sorrow
Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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Flaw Imagination World Worst
Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?
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Aware Fly Gift Himself Swallow
Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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Enough Fate Fortune
Be merry if you are wise.
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One Liner Wisdom
Too late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.
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Day Life Present
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
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Goodness Life Pleasure Sight
To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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Enjoyment Life Live Past
It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.
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Adversity Death Easy Live Reality

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

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