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Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.

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A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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Hate Shame Woman
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
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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Indulge Pleasure Rare
The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
JUVENAL

Part Slave Tongue
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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Comparison Knowledge Pay Price Speak
When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
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Desire Direct Fear Reason
No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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Rejoice Revenge Woman
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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Easy Men Poverty Quality Rise
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
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Capable Insult Submit
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
Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
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Consequence Dare Prison Worth
Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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Dead Foe Luxury One Liner
Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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Tolerate Wealth Woman
Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
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Creation Luck Position Raise
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
Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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Destroy Efficient Luxury War

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