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They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]

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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
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
There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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Hairs Man Myself Pretend
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
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Body Old Revolution
There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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Animal Glory
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
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
Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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Page Stand Thief Yourself
What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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Finding Quick Sudden
I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
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Fame Life Man Name Yourself
You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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Break Care Commitment Crystal Fear Hands Yourself
You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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Run Yourself
While an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of Phaeton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny insect; thus she, who in life was disregarded, became precious by death.
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Ant Death Life Precious Shade Value
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
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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Enough Fortune Unfair
Life is not living, but living in health.
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Health Life Live One Liner

They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]

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They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]

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