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Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.

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To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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Enjoyment Life Live Past
There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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God Live Religious
Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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Content Language Need
It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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Enjoyment Former Life Live
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
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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Elegant Hire Passion
Hidden evils are most dreaded.
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Evil Fear Hide
My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
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Life Naughty Poem Purity
See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?
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Amazing Animal Food Growth Possible Yourself
Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.
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Arms Exercise Man Strong Worthy
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 folly to waste labour about trifles.
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Fools Labour Wasted
A novice always behaves with propriety.
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Beginning Behavior Novice
Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?
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Aware Fly Gift Himself Swallow
If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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Death Shame Yourself
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

Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.

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