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Be merry if you are wise.

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Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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Happiness Joy Willing Yourself
To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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Enjoyment Life Live Past
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
I have not hated the man, but his faults.
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Hate Man Mistake
Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
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Eyes Love Man Proud Unfortunate
Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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Greatness Present Return
For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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Rich Wealth
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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Elegant Hire Passion
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
Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.
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Charm Prize Rare Suit
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
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Goodness Life Pleasure Sight
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
Wine and women bring misery.
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Alcohol Misery Wine
It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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Elegant Feeling Force Imagination Ourselves
The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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Man Virtue World
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
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
Our days pass by, and are scored against us.
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Day Ourselves Pass Score
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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Bad Goodness
The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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Swan Tongue
A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.
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Cook Doubt Himself Master Taste
Work divided is in that manner shortened.
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Division Short Work
This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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Death Escape Kill Madness Order
Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
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Day Death Fear Yourself
Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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Fly Joy Life Live
Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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Enjoyment Existence Health Life
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

Be merry if you are wise.

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