Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.

Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Enemy Food Greatness
Wine and women bring misery.
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Alcohol Misery Wine
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
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
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Fools Labour Wasted
I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
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Believe Man Myself Please
He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
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Burden Himself Weigh
For life is only life when blessed with health.
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Blessing Health Life
He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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Hide One Liner Sorrow True
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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Laughter Time
Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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Fly Happiness Wings
There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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Hairs Man Myself Pretend
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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Envy Jealous Yourself
Life is not living, but living in health.
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Health Life Live One Liner
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
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
For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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Rich Wealth

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