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In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.
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What is food to one person may be bitter poison to others.
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From the midst of the fountain of delights rises something bitter that chokes them all amongst the flowers.
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From the heart of this fountain of delights wells up some bitter taste to choke them even amid the flowers.
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If the matter of death is reduced to sleep and rest, what can there be so bitter in it, that any one should pine in eternal grief for the decease of a friend?
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
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Born:
99 BC
Died:
55 BC
(aged 44)
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