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There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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Animal Glory
Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
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Content Preference Yourself
Laugh, if thou art wise.
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Laughter One Liner Wisdom
He who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health.
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Enjoyment Health Mistake Thinking
Birds of a feather will flock together.
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Bird Friendship Togetherness
I have not hated the man, but his faults.
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Hate Man Mistake
Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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One Liner Wisdom
Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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Content Language Need
He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.
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Borrow Himself Lose Preference
I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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Leadership Myself Wife
Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you’re a good man, you’re a wonder!
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Goodness Man Yourself
Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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Enough Fate Fortune
No man is quick enough to enjoy life.
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Enough Life Man Quick
A novice always behaves with propriety.
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Beginning Behavior Novice
The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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Face Fair Happiness Smile
Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.
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Friendship Master Service Yourself

The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.

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