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A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.

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I know all that better than my own name.
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Better Myself Name
Laugh, if thou art wise.
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Laughter One Liner Wisdom
One genius has made many clever artists.
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Artist Genius Oneself
To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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Death Glory Late
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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Bad Goodness
A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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Man Walk
Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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Book Easy Hard Writing Yourself
The shameless Chloe placed on the tombs of her seven husbands the inscription, “The work of Chloe.” How could she have expressed herself more plainly?
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Expression Inscription Place Shame
If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.
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Biscuit Commitment Mistake Slave Yourself
Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.
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Day Himself Past Pleasure Virtue
If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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Himself Leaving Mourn
If I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth.
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Anxiety Mouth Remember Right Yourself
Our days pass by, and are scored against us.
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Day Ourselves Pass Score
Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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Animal Bird Wings
Hidden evils are most dreaded.
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Evil Fear Hide
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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Cheerful One Liner Wisdom Yourself

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