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This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.

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Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
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Beauty One Liner Purity Rare Union
Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
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Consequence Dare Prison Worth
Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
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Deceive Shadow Vice Virtue
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
Honesty is admired, and starves.
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Admire Honesty One Liner Starve
Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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Bread Circus Human
In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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Difficult World Writing
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
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
Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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Possess Writing
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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Easy Men Poverty Quality Rise
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
Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
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Creation Luck Position Raise
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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Bound Desire Innocence Man Wise
Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
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Anger Lack Poetry Talent Writing

This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.

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