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Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.

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A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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Hate Shame Woman
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
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Capable Insult Submit
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
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
Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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Bread Circus Human
What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
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Fortune Matter
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
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
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
Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
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Nature Wisdom
Honesty is praised and left in the cold.
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Cold Honesty One Liner Praise
The greatest respect is owed to a child.
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Children Owe Respect
In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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Difficult World Writing
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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Easy Men Poverty Quality Rise
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
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

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