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Honesty is admired, and starves.

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There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
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Kindness Lie Worse
No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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Rejoice Revenge Woman
Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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Possess Writing
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
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
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Happiness Man Seduce Wicked
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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Bound Desire Innocence Man Wise
In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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Difficult World Writing
Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
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Consequence Dare Prison Worth
Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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Dead Foe Luxury One Liner
Remorse is the fruit of crime.
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Crime Fruit One Liner
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
Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
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Nature Wisdom
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
The love of money grows as the money itself grows.
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Growth Love Money
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
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

Honesty is admired, and starves.

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