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You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!

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Can the fish love the fisherman?
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Deep Love One Liner
Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Enemy Food Greatness
If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
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Poor Rich Unfair Willing Yourself
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
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
Wine and women bring misery.
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Alcohol Misery Wine
What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
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Man Please Satisfaction
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
Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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Content Language Need
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Ash Glory Late
Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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Fly Joy Life Live
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
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Goodness Life Pleasure Sight
Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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Leather Remember Yourself
You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe–or she will call you ungrateful.
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Blessing Care Fortune Gratitude Observation Sadness Yourself
If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
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Death Fame Hurry Myself
The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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Swan Tongue

You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!

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You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!

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