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It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

Juvenal

Honesty is praised and left in the cold.
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Cold Honesty One Liner Praise
Every great house is full of haughty servants.
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House Servant
No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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Rejoice Revenge Woman
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
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
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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Indulge Pleasure Rare
Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
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Consequence Dare Prison Worth
Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
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Common Sense Fortune Men Rare
The love of money grows as the money itself grows.
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Growth Love Money
What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
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Fortune Matter
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
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Happiness Man Seduce Wicked
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
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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Diamond Exterior Gemstone Individual Quality Rough Shine
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
When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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Failure Talent Verse Writing

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

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