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It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.

Juvenal

Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
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Common Sense Fortune Men Rare
No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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Rejoice Revenge Woman
Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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Dead Foe Luxury One Liner
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
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Capable Insult Submit
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
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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Indulge Pleasure Rare
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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Comparison Knowledge Pay Price Speak
All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
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Human Nature Learn Pay Price
Today there’s more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.
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Mankind Snake
Every great house is full of haughty servants.
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House Servant
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
Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
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Consequence Dare Prison Worth
Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
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Creation Luck Position Raise
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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Easy Men Poverty Quality Rise
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
Honesty is praised and left in the cold.
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Cold Honesty One Liner Praise

It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.

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