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

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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Flaw Imagination World Worst
The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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Face Fair Happiness Smile
While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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Solution Yourself
Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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Fly Happiness Wings
Spare the person but lash the vice.
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One Liner Person Vice
Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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Bad Goodness
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
No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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Misfortune Reading Satisfaction
Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Alive Life One Liner
Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
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Eyes Love Man Proud Unfortunate
What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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Finding Quick Sudden
Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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One Liner Wisdom
To have nothing is not poverty.
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One Liner Poverty
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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Laughter Time
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
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Fools Labour Wasted
Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
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Day Death Fear Yourself

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