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There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.

Juvenal

No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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Rejoice Revenge Woman
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
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Capable Insult Submit
Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
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Beauty One Liner Purity Rare Union
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
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
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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Comparison Knowledge Pay Price Speak
Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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Bread Circus Human
Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
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Common Sense Fortune Men Rare
Every great house is full of haughty servants.
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House Servant
If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
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Beget Failure Nature Poem
Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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Tolerate Wealth Woman
When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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Failure Talent Verse Writing
Today there’s more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.
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Mankind Snake
All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
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Human Nature Learn Pay Price
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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Indulge Pleasure Rare
When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
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Desire Direct Fear Reason

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