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A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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Non est, crede mihi, sapientis dicere 'Vivam': Sera nimis vita est crastina: vive hodie. Believe me, wise men don't say 'I shall live to do that', tomorrow's life is too late live today. Variant translation: Tomorrow will I live, the fool does say Today itself's too late the wise lived yesterday.
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Be satisfied, and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well thou allotted part Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.
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You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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In adversity it is easy to despise life he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life. [Lat., Rebus in angustis facile est contemnere vitam Fortiter ille facit qui miser esse potest.]
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I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife that shall be my master.]
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Life's not just about being alive, but being well.
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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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Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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I have not hated the man, but his faults.
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I seem to you cruel and too much addicted to gluttony, when I beat my cook for sending up a bad dinner. If that appears to you too trifling a cause, say for what cause you would have a cook flogged.
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I'm what I seem not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
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Life is not living, but living in health.
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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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If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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