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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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All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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Comparison Knowledge Pay Price Speak
Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
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Body Health Mind Pray
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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Hate Shame Woman
When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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Failure Talent Verse Writing
In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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Difficult World Writing
It is a poor thing to lean upon the fame of others, lest the pillars give way and the house fall down in ruin.
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Fame House Pillar Poor Ruin
There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
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Kindness Lie Worse
Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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Dead Foe Luxury One Liner
The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
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Hardship Poverty Ridiculous
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
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Happiness Man Seduce Wicked
Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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Destroy Efficient Luxury War
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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Crow Fortune Luck One Liner White
Today there’s more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.
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Mankind Snake
Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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Bread Circus Human
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
Who will watch the watchers?
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One Liner Watch

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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