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Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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Honey Similar
In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wreched life.
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Adversity Brave Easy Endurance Life True
I’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
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Color Myself Natural
Spare the person but lash the vice.
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One Liner Person Vice
Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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Fly Happiness Wings
There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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Animal Glory
If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
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Death Fame Hurry Myself
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
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
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Body Old Revolution
If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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Death Shame Yourself
Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Enemy Food Greatness
Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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Content Language Need
There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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God Live Religious
For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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Rich Wealth
I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.
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Boredom Face Love Missing Myself Togetherness
Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be.
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Art Myself Yourself
To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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Death Glory Late
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
The present joys of life we doubly taste, By looking back with pleasure to the past.
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Doubt Ourselves Pleasure Present Taste
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
Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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Animal Bird Wings
Work divided is in that manner shortened.
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Division Short Work
It is not, believe me, the act of a wise man to say, “I will live.” To-morrow’s life is too late; live to-day.
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Believe Day Man Myself Wisdom
A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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Man Walk
Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Alive Life One Liner
It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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Enjoyment Former Life Live
Life is not living, but living in health.
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Health Life Live One Liner

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