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Honesty is admired, and starves.

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Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
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Anger Lack Poetry Talent Writing
Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
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Body Health Mind Pray
Many a man has met death from the rushing flood of his own eloquence; others from the strength and wondrous thews in which they have trusted.
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Death Eloquence Man Rush Strength Throw Trust
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
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Capable Insult Submit
Is it a simple form of madness to lose a hundred thousand sesterces, and not have a shirt to give to a shivering slave?
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Lose Madness Shirt Slave
All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
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Human Nature Learn Pay Price
If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
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Beget Failure Nature Poem
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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Crow Fortune Luck One Liner White
Honesty is admired, and starves.
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Admire Honesty One Liner Starve
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
Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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Bread Circus Human
No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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Rejoice Revenge Woman
Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.
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Crime Crown Different Result
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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Diamond Exterior Gemstone Individual Quality Rough Shine
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
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

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