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He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.

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The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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Flaw Greatness Hide
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
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Body Old Revolution
There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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Animal Glory
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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Honey Similar
There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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Hairs Man Myself Pretend
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 African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
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Advice Attack Deep Lion Rush
You ask what a nice girl will do? She won’t give an inch, but she won’t say no.
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Herself Woman
He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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Hide One Liner Sorrow True
You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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Day Fear Yourself
For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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Rich Wealth
You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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Break Care Commitment Crystal Fear Hands Yourself
Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Enemy Food Greatness
If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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Death Shame Yourself
It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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Elegant Feeling Force Imagination Ourselves
You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter.
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Friendship Short Writing Yourself

He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.

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