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Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.

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Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
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Common Sense Fortune Men Rare
When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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Failure Talent Verse Writing
This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
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Descend Heaven Knowledge
Honesty is praised and left in the cold.
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Cold Honesty One Liner Praise
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
Honesty is admired, and starves.
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Admire Honesty One Liner Starve
The love of money grows as the money itself grows.
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Growth Love Money
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
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
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
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Capable Insult Submit
Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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Possess Writing
What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
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Fortune Matter
In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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Difficult World Writing
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
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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Bound Desire Innocence Man Wise
When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
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Desire Direct Fear Reason

Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.

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