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I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.

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In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life.
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Adversity Brave Himself Life True
Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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Fly Joy Life Live
One genius has made many clever artists.
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Artist Genius Oneself
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
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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Original Position Yourself
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Food Greatness Hold Value
A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.
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Cook Doubt Himself Master Taste
Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Enemy Food Greatness
The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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Flaw Greatness Hide
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
Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Alive Life One Liner
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
He who writes distichs, wishes, I suppose, to please by brevity. But, tell me, of what avail is their brevity, when there is a whose book full of them?
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Book Himself Writing
The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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Swan Tongue
Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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Endurance Genuine Known Sorrow
Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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Page Stand Thief Yourself

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