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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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Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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Animal Bird Wings
A novice always behaves with propriety.
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Beginning Behavior Novice
To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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Enjoyment Life Live Past
He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
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Burden Himself Weigh
The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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Man Virtue World
Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.
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Friendship Master Service Yourself
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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Honey Similar
The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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Face Fair Happiness Smile
I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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Leadership Myself Wife
You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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Run Yourself
A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.
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Doubt Existence Goodness Live Man
Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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Day Goodness Man Pain
You admire, Vacerra, only the poets of old and praise only those who are dead. Pardon me, I beseech you, Vacerra, if I think death too high a price to pay for your praise.
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Admire Death Old Pay Poet Praise Price Thinking Yourself
Those they praise, but they read the others.
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One Liner Praise Reading
Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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Greatness Present Return
Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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Content Language Need

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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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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