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Be merry if you are wise.

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Gifts are like hooks.
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Gift One Liner
Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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Fly Happiness Wings
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
The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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Man Virtue World
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
The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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Flaw Greatness Hide
Our days pass by, and are scored against us.
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Day Ourselves Pass Score
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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Envy Jealous Yourself
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
If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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Himself Leaving Mourn
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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Laughter Time
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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Cheerful One Liner Wisdom Yourself
Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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Flaw Imagination World Worst
If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
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Death Fame Hurry Myself
If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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Death Shame Yourself
When your crowd of attendants so loudly applaud you, Pomponius, it is not you, but your banquet, that is eloquent.
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Attendant Crowd Elegant Loud Praise Yourself

Be merry if you are wise.

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