Some men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes.
JUVENALMany individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
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When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
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Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.
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Every great house is full of haughty servants.
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Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
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No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
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Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
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No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
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Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.
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It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
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If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
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