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Luxury is more deadly than any foe.

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Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
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Consequence Dare Prison Worth
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
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 individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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Diamond Exterior Gemstone Individual Quality Rough Shine
In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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Difficult World Writing
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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Hate Shame Woman
The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
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Part Slave Tongue
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
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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Crow Fortune Luck One Liner White
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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Bound Desire Innocence Man Wise
The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
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Hardship Poverty Ridiculous
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 did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
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Desire Direct Fear Reason
What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
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Fortune Matter
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
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Rejoice Revenge Weak
When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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Failure Talent Verse Writing

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