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A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.

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I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse.
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Gratitude Greedy Myself Refusal
Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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Greatness Present Return
You puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for.
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Death Live Poet Praise Worth
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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Original Position Yourself
You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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Day Fear Yourself
Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.
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Charm Prize Rare Suit
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
It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.
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Adversity Death Easy Live Reality
For life is only life when blessed with health.
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Blessing Health Life
Hidden evils are most dreaded.
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Evil Fear Hide
I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
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Fame Life Man Name Yourself
The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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Swan Tongue
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
Those they praise, but they read the others.
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One Liner Praise Reading
Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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Fly Happiness Wings
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Food Greatness Hold Value

A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.

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