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You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe–or she will call you ungrateful.

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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
A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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Existence Goodness Himself Man Term
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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Honey Similar
Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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Bad Goodness
She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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Grief Herself Sincere Unknown
Those they praise, but they read the others.
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One Liner Praise Reading
This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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Death Escape Kill Madness Order
From no place can you exclude the fates.
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Fate Place Yourself
I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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Hate Himself Man One Liner Vice
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
Can the fish love the fisherman?
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Deep Love One Liner
A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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Man Walk
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Ash Glory Late
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
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
Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.
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Arms Exercise Man Strong Worthy

You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe–or she will call you ungrateful.

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