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No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.

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No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
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Happiness Man Seduce Wicked
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
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
In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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Difficult World Writing
Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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Possess Writing
Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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Dead Foe Luxury One Liner
The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
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Part Slave Tongue
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
Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
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Beauty One Liner Purity Rare Union
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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Hate Shame Woman
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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Comparison Knowledge Pay Price Speak
Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
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Anger Lack Poetry Talent Writing
If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
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Beget Failure Nature Poem
Remorse is the fruit of crime.
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Crime Fruit One Liner
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
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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Bound Desire Innocence Man Wise

No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.

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