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The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.

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No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
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Happiness Man Seduce Wicked
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
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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Indulge Pleasure Rare
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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Hate Shame Woman
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
Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
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Deceive Shadow Vice Virtue
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
The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
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Hardship Poverty Ridiculous
When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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Failure Talent Verse Writing
In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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Difficult World Writing
Today there’s more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.
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Mankind Snake
Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
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Common Sense Fortune Men Rare
Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
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Consequence Dare Prison Worth
Remorse is the fruit of crime.
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Crime Fruit One Liner
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

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