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Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.

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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
Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
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Nature Wisdom
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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Indulge Pleasure Rare
Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
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Creation Luck Position Raise
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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Comparison Knowledge Pay Price Speak
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
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Rejoice Revenge Weak
What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
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Fortune Matter
Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
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Deceive Shadow Vice Virtue
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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Bound Desire Innocence Man Wise
Today there’s more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.
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Mankind Snake
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
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
The greatest respect is owed to a child.
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Children Owe Respect
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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Easy Men Poverty Quality Rise
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
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

Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.

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