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The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.

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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
Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
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Book Creation Goodness Literature Myself Poem Writing
Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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Content Language Need
You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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Run Yourself
Laugh, if thou art wise.
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Laughter One Liner Wisdom
The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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Flaw Greatness Hide
I have not hated the man, but his faults.
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Hate Man Mistake
Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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Happiness Joy Willing Yourself
The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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Face Fair Happiness Smile
Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours.
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Fate Friendship Secure Wealth Yourself
Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
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Day Death Fear Yourself
You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.
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Excellence Praise Verse Yourself
Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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Page Stand Thief Yourself
What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
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Man Please Satisfaction
If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
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Death Fame Hurry Myself
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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Enough Fortune Unfair

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