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Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.

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Remorse is the fruit of crime.
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Crime Fruit One Liner
Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
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Creation Luck Position Raise
Who will watch the watchers?
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One Liner Watch
The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
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Hardship Poverty Ridiculous
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
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Capable Insult Submit
In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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Difficult World Writing
Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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Destroy Efficient Luxury War
No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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Rejoice Revenge Woman
This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
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Descend Heaven Knowledge
Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
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Consequence Dare Prison Worth
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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Hate Shame Woman
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
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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Indulge Pleasure Rare
Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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Dead Foe Luxury One Liner
If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
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Beget Failure Nature Poem
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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Diamond Exterior Gemstone Individual Quality Rough Shine
Fate would have no divinity if we were wise: it is we who make her a goddess and place her in heaven.
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Fate God Heaven Place Wise
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
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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Bound Desire Innocence Man Wise
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
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Happiness Man Seduce Wicked
Honesty is admired, and starves.
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Admire Honesty One Liner Starve
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
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
Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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Tolerate Wealth Woman
There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
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Kindness Lie Worse
The greatest respect is owed to a child.
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Children Owe Respect
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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Easy Men Poverty Quality Rise

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