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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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Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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Tolerate Wealth Woman
Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
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Common Sense Fortune Men Rare
All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
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Human Nature Learn Pay Price
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
Who will watch the watchers?
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One Liner Watch
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
In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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Difficult World Writing
If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
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Beget Failure Nature Poem
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
When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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Failure Talent Verse 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
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
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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Comparison Knowledge Pay Price Speak
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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Easy Men Poverty Quality Rise
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
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Rejoice Revenge Weak
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
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Capable Insult Submit

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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