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To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.

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Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.
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Charm Prize Rare Suit
Birds of a feather will flock together.
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Bird Friendship Togetherness
A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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Deep Existence Live Man
Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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Endurance Genuine Known Sorrow
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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Original Position 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
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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Laughter Time
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
You ask what a nice girl will do? She won’t give an inch, but she won’t say no.
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Herself Woman
There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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Animal Glory
I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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Hate Himself Man One Liner Vice
A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.
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Doubt Existence Goodness Live Man
No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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Misfortune Reading Satisfaction
See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?
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Amazing Animal Food Growth Possible Yourself
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
If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.
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Biscuit Commitment Mistake Slave Yourself

To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.

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