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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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However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Food Greatness Hold Value
Hidden evils are most dreaded.
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Evil Fear Hide
I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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Leadership Myself Wife
The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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Face Fair Happiness Smile
There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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God Live Religious
If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.
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Biscuit Commitment Mistake Slave Yourself
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
Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Enemy Food Greatness
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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Enough Fortune Unfair
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
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
Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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Greatness Present Return
One genius has made many clever artists.
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Artist Genius Oneself
A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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Deep Existence Live Man
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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Cheerful One Liner Wisdom Yourself
The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
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Nectar Preserve Shine Shrine

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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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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