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It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.

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It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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Elegant Feeling Force Imagination Ourselves
Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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Happiness Joy Willing Yourself
Birds of a feather will flock together.
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Bird Friendship Togetherness
This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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Death Escape Kill Madness Order
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
Those they praise, but they read the others.
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One Liner Praise Reading
If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
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Poor Rich Unfair Willing Yourself
You admire, Vacerra, only the poets of old and praise only those who are dead. Pardon me, I beseech you, Vacerra, if I think death too high a price to pay for your praise.
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Admire Death Old Pay Poet Praise Price Thinking Yourself
To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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Enjoyment Life Live Past
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
What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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Finding Quick Sudden
In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wreched life.
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Adversity Brave Easy Endurance Life True
He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
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Burden Himself Weigh
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
Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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Inspirational Life Live
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
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Fools Labour Wasted

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