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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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A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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Hate Shame Woman
Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
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Nature Wisdom
Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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Dead Foe Luxury One Liner
Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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Bread Circus Human
Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
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Consequence Dare Prison Worth
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
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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Easy Men Poverty Quality Rise
Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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Tolerate Wealth Woman
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
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
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
It is a poor thing to lean upon the fame of others, lest the pillars give way and the house fall down in ruin.
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Fame House Pillar Poor Ruin
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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Diamond Exterior Gemstone Individual Quality Rough Shine
So Nature ordains; no evil example corrupts us so soon and so rapidly as one that has been set at home, since it comes into the mind on high authority.
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Authority Example Mind Nature Rapid
Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.
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Alive Give Up Mother In Law Peace
When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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Failure Talent Verse Writing
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
Today there’s more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.
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Mankind Snake
If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
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Beget Failure Nature Poem
All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
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Human Nature Learn Pay Price
No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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Rejoice Revenge Woman
The love of money grows as the money itself grows.
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Growth Love Money
Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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Possess Writing
Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
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Body Health Mind Pray
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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Bound Desire Innocence Man Wise
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
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Happiness Man Seduce Wicked

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

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