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One genius has made many clever artists.
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If fame comes after death, I'm in no hurry for it. [Lat., Si post fata venit gloria non propero.]
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The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
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However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed if you're a good man, you're a wonder!
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To-morrow I will live, the fool does say To-day itself's too late, the wise lived yesterday.
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