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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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Gifts are like hooks.
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Gift One Liner
I have not hated the man, but his faults.
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Hate Man Mistake
One genius has made many clever artists.
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Artist Genius Oneself
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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Book Myself Present Reading Yourself
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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Elegant Hire Passion
If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
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Death Fame Hurry Myself
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
A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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Existence Goodness Himself Man Term
She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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Grief Herself Sincere Unknown
You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!
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Death Fools Life Promise Yourself
Can the fish love the fisherman?
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Deep Love One Liner
When your crowd of attendants so loudly applaud you, Pomponius, it is not you, but your banquet, that is eloquent.
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Attendant Crowd Elegant Loud Praise Yourself
Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.
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Day Himself Past Pleasure Virtue
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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Cheerful One Liner Wisdom Yourself
It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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Elegant Feeling Force Imagination Ourselves
The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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Man Virtue World

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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