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There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.

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Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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Book Easy Hard Writing Yourself
Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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Content Language Need
Life’s not just about being alive, but being well.
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Alive Health Life
You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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Day Fear Yourself
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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Borrow Himself Lose Preference
You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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Run Yourself
She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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Grief Herself Sincere Unknown
A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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Existence Goodness Himself Man Term
He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
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Burden Himself Weigh
Laugh, if thou art wise.
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Laughter One Liner Wisdom
Short is the life of those who possess great accomplishments, and seldom do they reach a good old age. Whatever thou lovest, pray that thou mayest not set too high a value on it.
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Accomplishment High Life Possession Short Value Yourself
The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
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Advice Attack Deep Lion Rush
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
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Food Greatness Hold Value
I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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Hate Himself Man One Liner Vice
Spare the person but lash the vice.
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One Liner Person Vice

There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.

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