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The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.

Juvenal

Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.
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Alive Give Up Mother In Law Peace
It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
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Die Live Madness Order Sheer Want Wealth
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
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Capable Insult Submit
Now we suffer the evils of a long peace; luxury more cruel than war broods over us and avenges a conquered world.
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Conquer Cruel Luxury Peace Suffering World
Today there’s more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.
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Mankind Snake
No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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Rejoice Revenge Woman
Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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Tolerate Wealth Woman
If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
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Beget Failure Nature Poem
Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
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Anger Lack Poetry Talent Writing
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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Hate Shame Woman
Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
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Deceive Shadow Vice Virtue
The greatest respect is owed to a child.
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Children Owe Respect
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
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Rejoice Revenge Weak
Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.
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Bad Fear Love Men Punishment Virtue
What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
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Fortune Matter
When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
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Desire Direct Fear Reason

The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.

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