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A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.

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Birds of a feather will flock together.
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Bird Friendship Togetherness
You’re obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there’s no living with you, or without you.
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Absence Love Myself Togetherness Yourself
You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe–or she will call you ungrateful.
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Blessing Care Fortune Gratitude Observation Sadness Yourself
For life is only life when blessed with health.
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Blessing Health Life
The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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Man Virtue World
There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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Hairs Man Myself Pretend
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Ash Glory Late
The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
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Advice Attack Deep Lion Rush
This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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Death Escape Kill Madness Order
Our days pass by, and are scored against us.
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Day Ourselves Pass Score
It is not he who forms idols in gold or marble that makes them gods, but he who kneels before them.
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Form God Gold Himself
That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.
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Agreement Food Movie Prevent Proud
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
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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Laughter Time
Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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Leather Remember Yourself
From no place can you exclude the fates.
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Fate Place Yourself

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