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Common sense among men of fortune is rare.

Juvenal

Who will watch the watchers?
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One Liner Watch
The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
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Hardship Poverty Ridiculous
Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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Bread Circus Human
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
Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
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Nature Wisdom
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
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
Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
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Creation Luck Position Raise
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
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
Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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Dead Foe Luxury One Liner
It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
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Die Live Madness Order Sheer Want Wealth
Today there’s more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.
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Mankind Snake
Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
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Beauty One Liner Purity Rare Union

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