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Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
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Common Sense Fortune Men Rare
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
Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
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Nature Wisdom
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 love of money grows as the money itself grows.
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Growth Love Money
All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
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Human Nature Learn Pay Price
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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Crow Fortune Luck One Liner White
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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Comparison Knowledge Pay Price Speak
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One Liner Watch
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
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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Hate Shame Woman
What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
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Fortune Matter
The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
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Part Slave Tongue
In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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Difficult World Writing
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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Diamond Exterior Gemstone Individual Quality Rough Shine
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

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