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Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours. [Lat., Extra fortunam est, quidquid donatur amicis Quas dederis, selas semper habebis opes.]
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In adversity it is easy to despise life he is truly brave who can endure a writeched life
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You're obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there's no living with you, or without you.
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All your female friends are either old or ugly nay, more ugly than old women usually are. These you lead about in your train, and drag with you to feasts, porticos and theaters. Thus, Fabulla, you seem handsome, thus you seem young.
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