You are so pure in mind and heart, In aspect, too, so mild, I wonder that you ever could Implant your wife with child.
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That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.
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You are so pure in mind and heart, In aspect, too, so mild, I wonder that you ever could Implant your wife with child.
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You’re obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there’s no living with you, or without you.
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Work divided is in that manner shortened.
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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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There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
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For life is only life when blessed with health.
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It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
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To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
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The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
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Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear. But yours gives most; for mine did only lend Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.
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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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One genius has made many clever artists.
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He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.
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