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Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.

Juvenal

The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
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Hardship Poverty Ridiculous
Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
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Common Sense Fortune Men Rare
When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
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Desire Direct Fear Reason
Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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Dead Foe Luxury One Liner
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
Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
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Nature Wisdom
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
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
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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Hate Shame Woman
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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Comparison Knowledge Pay Price Speak
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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Bound Desire Innocence Man Wise
Honesty is praised and left in the cold.
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Cold Honesty One Liner Praise
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
Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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Destroy Efficient Luxury War
If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
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Beget Failure Nature Poem
There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
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Kindness Lie Worse

Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.

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