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I do not hate the man, but his vices.

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This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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Death Escape Kill Madness Order
Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours.
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Fate Friendship Secure Wealth Yourself
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
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
To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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Death Glory Late
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
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Fools Labour Wasted
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
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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Original Position Yourself
You ask what a nice girl will do? She won’t give an inch, but she won’t say no.
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Herself Woman
What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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Finding Quick Sudden
See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?
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Amazing Animal Food Growth Possible Yourself
You’re obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there’s no living with you, or without you.
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Absence Love Myself Togetherness Yourself
You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter.
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Friendship Short Writing Yourself
Your seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man’s field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros.
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Bury Death Profit Wife Yourself
Work divided is in that manner shortened.
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Division Short Work
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

I do not hate the man, but his vices.

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