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Honesty is admired, and starves.

Juvenal

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
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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Diamond Exterior Gemstone Individual Quality Rough Shine
Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
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Nature Wisdom
The love of money grows as the money itself grows.
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Growth Love Money
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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Indulge Pleasure Rare
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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Crow Fortune Luck One Liner White
Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
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Creation Luck Position Raise
In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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Difficult World Writing
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
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
Is it a simple form of madness to lose a hundred thousand sesterces, and not have a shirt to give to a shivering slave?
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Lose Madness Shirt Slave
Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
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Common Sense Fortune Men Rare
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
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
Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
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Body Health Mind Pray
When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
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Desire Direct Fear Reason

Honesty is admired, and starves.

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