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A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.

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There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
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Kindness Lie Worse
Today there’s more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.
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Mankind Snake
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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Crow Fortune Luck One Liner White
Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
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Creation Luck Position Raise
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
It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
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Die Live Madness Order Sheer Want Wealth
Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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Destroy Efficient Luxury War
Every great house is full of haughty servants.
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House Servant
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
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
In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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Difficult World Writing
Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
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Beauty One Liner Purity Rare Union
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
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Rejoice Revenge Weak
When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
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Desire Direct Fear Reason
The greatest respect is owed to a child.
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Children Owe Respect
When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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Failure Talent Verse Writing

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