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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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Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear. But yours gives most; for mine did only lend Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.
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Believe Deserve Myself World
You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe–or she will call you ungrateful.
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Blessing Care Fortune Gratitude Observation Sadness Yourself
I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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Hate Himself Man One Liner Vice
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
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
Birds of a feather will flock together.
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Bird Friendship Togetherness
Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
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Eyes Love Man Proud Unfortunate
Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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Greatness Present Return
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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Envy Jealous Yourself
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
Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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One Liner Wisdom
It is not he who forms idols in gold or marble that makes them gods, but he who kneels before them.
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Form God Gold Himself
Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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Book Easy Hard Writing Yourself
Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Enemy Food Greatness
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
While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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Solution Yourself

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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