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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.

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A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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Home One Liner
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
Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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Animal Bird Wings
You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.
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Excellence Praise Verse Yourself
Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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Bad Goodness
While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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Solution Yourself
I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
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Fame Life Man Name Yourself
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
There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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Hairs Man Myself Pretend
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Ash Glory Late
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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Children Heart Mindset Myself Purity Wife
Wine and women bring misery.
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Alcohol Misery Wine
You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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Break Care Commitment Crystal Fear Hands Yourself
She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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Grief Herself Sincere Unknown
If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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Death Shame Yourself
Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Enemy Food Greatness
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
He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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Hide One Liner Sorrow True
For life is only life when blessed with health.
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Blessing Health Life
Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?
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Aware Fly Gift Himself Swallow
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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Fascination One Liner Point
Too late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.
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Day Life Present
Be merry if you are wise.
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One Liner Wisdom
Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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One Liner Wisdom
The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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Man Virtue World
From no place can you exclude the fates.
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Fate Place Yourself
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

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