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Be satisfied, and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well thou allotted part; Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.

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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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Adversity Death Easy Live Reality
The shameless Chloe placed on the tombs of her seven husbands the inscription, “The work of Chloe.” How could she have expressed herself more plainly?
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Expression Inscription Place Shame
If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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Himself Leaving Mourn
I’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
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Color Myself Natural
Life is not living, but living in health.
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Health Life Live One Liner
You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.
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Excellence Praise Verse Yourself
Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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Enjoyment Existence Health Life
The present joys of life we doubly taste, By looking back with pleasure to the past.
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Doubt Ourselves Pleasure Present Taste
I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
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Love Myself
Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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Fly Joy Life Live
Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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Animal Bird Wings
Life’s not just about being alive, but being well.
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Alive Health Life
A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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Deep Existence Live Man
I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
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Believe Man Myself Please
Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Enemy Food Greatness
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Food Greatness Hold Value

Be satisfied, and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well thou allotted part; Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.

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