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Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

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Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is humble to the highest extremity of affairs.
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Affair Extreme Fortune Humble Joke People
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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Easy Men Poverty Quality Rise
Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
JUVENAL

Beauty One Liner Purity Rare Union
Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
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Deceive Shadow Vice Virtue
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
Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
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Anger Lack Poetry Talent Writing
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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Indulge Pleasure Rare
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
Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
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Creation Luck Position Raise
There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
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Kindness Lie Worse
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
Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
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Body Health Mind Pray
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
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Happiness Man Seduce Wicked
This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
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Guilty Heart Punishment Verdict
All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
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Human Nature Learn Pay Price
Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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Bread Circus Human

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

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