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To have nothing is not poverty.

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Hidden evils are most dreaded.
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Evil Fear Hide
Life’s not just about being alive, but being well.
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Alive Health Life
The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
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Advice Attack Deep Lion Rush
You importune me, Tucca, to present you with my books. I shall not do so; for you want to sell, not to read, them.
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Book Myself Present Reading Yourself
Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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Greatness Present Return
Our days pass by, and are scored against us.
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Day Ourselves Pass Score
To-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself’s too late, the wise lived yesterday.
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Fools Future Past Wisdom
While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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Solution Yourself
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
There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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God Live Religious
Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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Leather Remember Yourself
Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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Book Easy Hard Writing Yourself
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
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Goodness Life Pleasure Sight
The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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Man Virtue World
If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
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Poor Rich Unfair Willing Yourself
A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.
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Cook Doubt Himself Master Taste

To have nothing is not poverty.

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