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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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Is it a simple form of madness to lose a hundred thousand sesterces, and not have a shirt to give to a shivering slave?
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Lose Madness Shirt Slave
If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
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Beget Failure Nature Poem
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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Diamond Exterior Gemstone Individual Quality Rough Shine
Honesty is admired, and starves.
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Admire Honesty One Liner Starve
When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
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Desire Direct Fear Reason
All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
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Human Nature Learn Pay Price
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
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
No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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Rejoice Revenge Woman
In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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Difficult World Writing
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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Easy Men Poverty Quality Rise
Every great house is full of haughty servants.
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House Servant
Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
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Nature Wisdom
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
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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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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