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Honesty is admired, and starves.

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Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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Destroy Efficient Luxury War
In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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Difficult World Writing
Honesty is praised and left in the cold.
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Cold Honesty One Liner Praise
Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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Bread Circus Human
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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Bound Desire Innocence Man Wise
All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
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Human Nature Learn Pay Price
Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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Tolerate Wealth Woman
Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
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Creation Luck Position Raise
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
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Capable Insult Submit
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
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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Hate Shame Woman
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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Indulge Pleasure Rare
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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Easy Men Poverty Quality Rise
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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Comparison Knowledge Pay Price Speak
Today there’s more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.
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Mankind Snake

Honesty is admired, and starves.

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