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Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.

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Life is not living, but living in health.
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Health Life Live One Liner
If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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Death Shame Yourself
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
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Body Old Revolution
If I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth.
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Anxiety Mouth Remember Right Yourself
She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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Grief Herself Sincere Unknown
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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Cheerful One Liner Wisdom Yourself
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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Bad Goodness
He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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Hide One Liner Sorrow True
Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you’re a good man, you’re a wonder!
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Goodness Man Yourself
That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.
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Agreement Food Movie Prevent Proud
The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
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Advice Attack Deep Lion Rush
Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
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Book Creation Goodness Literature Myself Poem Writing
This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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Death Escape Kill Madness Order
My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
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Life Naughty Poem Purity
I have not hated the man, but his faults.
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Hate Man Mistake
What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
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Man Please Satisfaction

Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.

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