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Whoever is not too wise is wise.

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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
Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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Inspirational Life Live
I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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Leadership Myself Wife
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
If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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Himself Leaving Mourn
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
No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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Misfortune Reading Satisfaction
I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse.
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Gratitude Greedy Myself Refusal
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
What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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Finding Quick Sudden
A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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Existence Goodness Himself Man Term
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
Wine and women bring misery.
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Alcohol Misery Wine
Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are carrotty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.
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Bald Kiss Myself Nature Sin Yourself
Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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Day Goodness Man Pain
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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Envy Jealous Yourself

Whoever is not too wise is wise.

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