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Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.

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A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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Hate Shame Woman
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
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
The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
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Part Slave Tongue
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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Diamond Exterior Gemstone Individual Quality Rough Shine
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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Bound Desire Innocence Man Wise
Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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Tolerate Wealth Woman
If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
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Beget Failure Nature Poem
The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
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Hardship Poverty Ridiculous
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
Remorse is the fruit of crime.
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Crime Fruit One Liner
Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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Bread Circus Human
Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.
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Bad Fear Love Men Punishment Virtue
Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
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Creation Luck Position Raise
Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.
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Alive Give Up Mother In Law Peace
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

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