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The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.

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Honesty is praised and left in the cold.
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Cold Honesty One Liner Praise
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
Many a man has met death from the rushing flood of his own eloquence; others from the strength and wondrous thews in which they have trusted.
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Death Eloquence Man Rush Strength Throw Trust
The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
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Part Slave Tongue
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
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Capable Insult Submit
Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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Bread Circus Human
Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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Dead Foe Luxury One Liner
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
There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
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Kindness Lie Worse
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
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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Crow Fortune Luck One Liner White
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
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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Hate Shame Woman
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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Easy Men Poverty Quality Rise
Honesty is admired, and starves.
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Admire Honesty One Liner Starve
The greatest respect is owed to a child.
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Children Owe Respect

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