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Honesty is praised and left in the cold.

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Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is humble to the highest extremity of affairs.
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Affair Extreme Fortune Humble Joke People
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
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Capable Insult Submit
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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Hate Shame Woman
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
Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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Destroy Efficient Luxury War
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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Indulge Pleasure Rare
Some men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes.
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Blind Enjoyment Fortune
Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
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Creation Luck Position Raise
So Nature ordains; no evil example corrupts us so soon and so rapidly as one that has been set at home, since it comes into the mind on high authority.
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Authority Example Mind Nature Rapid
All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
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Human Nature Learn Pay Price
The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
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Part Slave Tongue
Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
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Anger Lack Poetry Talent Writing
Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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Tolerate Wealth Woman
Today there’s more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.
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Mankind Snake
There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
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Kindness Lie Worse
Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
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Body Health Mind Pray

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