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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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A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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Home One Liner
If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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Death Shame Yourself
One genius has made many clever artists.
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Artist Genius Oneself
From no place can you exclude the fates.
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Fate Place Yourself
If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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Death Fame Hurry Myself
Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are carrotty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.
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Bald Kiss Myself Nature Sin 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
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
Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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Book Easy Hard Writing Yourself
Your seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man’s field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros.
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Bury Death Profit Wife Yourself
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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Enough Fortune Unfair
Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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Enough Fate Fortune
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
Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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Fly Happiness Wings
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
Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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Fly Joy Life Live

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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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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