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Honesty is admired, and starves.

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Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
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Creation Luck Position Raise
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
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
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
When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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Failure Talent Verse Writing
Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is humble to the highest extremity of affairs.
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Affair Extreme Fortune Humble Joke People
The greatest respect is owed to a child.
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Children Owe Respect
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
Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
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Consequence Dare Prison Worth
Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
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Anger Lack Poetry Talent Writing
Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
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Common Sense Fortune Men Rare
Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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Destroy Efficient Luxury War
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
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Rejoice Revenge Weak
Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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Possess Writing
Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
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Nature Wisdom

Honesty is admired, and starves.

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