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Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.

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The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
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Part Slave Tongue
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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Comparison Knowledge Pay Price Speak
When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
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Desire Direct Fear Reason
Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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Tolerate Wealth Woman
Honesty is praised and left in the cold.
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Cold Honesty One Liner Praise
Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
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Nature Wisdom
No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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Rejoice Revenge Woman
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
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Happiness Man Seduce Wicked
The love of money grows as the money itself grows.
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Growth Love Money
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
All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
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Human Nature Learn Pay Price
If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
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Beget Failure Nature Poem
There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
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Kindness Lie Worse
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
Every great house is full of haughty servants.
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House Servant
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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Bound Desire Innocence Man Wise

Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.

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