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Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be.

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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
The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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Man Virtue World
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
You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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Day Fear Yourself
The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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Swan Tongue
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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Laughter Time
From no place can you exclude the fates.
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Fate Place Yourself
A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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Man Walk
This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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Death Escape Kill Madness Order
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
Spare the person but lash the vice.
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One Liner Person Vice
Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you’re a good man, you’re a wonder!
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Goodness Man Yourself
There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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God Live Religious
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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Honey Similar
Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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Fly Happiness Wings
What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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Finding Quick Sudden

Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be.

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