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In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.

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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
Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
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Consequence Dare Prison Worth
In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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Difficult World Writing
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
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
The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
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Part Slave Tongue
Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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Dead Foe Luxury One Liner
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
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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Hate Shame Woman
Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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Possess Writing
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
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Capable Insult Submit
When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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Failure Talent Verse Writing
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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Crow Fortune Luck One Liner White
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
Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
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Creation Luck Position Raise
Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
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Common Sense Fortune Men Rare

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