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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
Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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Endurance Genuine Known Sorrow
Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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One Liner Wisdom
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
A novice always behaves with propriety.
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Beginning Behavior Novice
A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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Home One Liner
Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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Bad Goodness
The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
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Advice Attack Deep Lion Rush
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
A jar of wine so priceless did not deserve to die. and Never think of leaving perfume or wines to your heir. Administer these youself and let him have the money.
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Deserve Leaving Money Perfume Price Wine Yourself
No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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Misfortune Reading Satisfaction
Wine and women bring misery.
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Alcohol Misery Wine
If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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Death Fame Hurry Myself
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
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
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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Laughter Time

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