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Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.

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It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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Easy Men Poverty Quality Rise
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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Indulge Pleasure Rare
Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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Bread Circus Human
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
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
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
Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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Possess Writing
When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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Failure Talent Verse Writing
It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
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Die Live Madness Order Sheer Want Wealth
Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
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Anger Lack Poetry Talent Writing
Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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Dead Foe Luxury One Liner
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
The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
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Hardship Poverty Ridiculous
When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
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Desire Direct Fear Reason
Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
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Deceive Shadow Vice Virtue
Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
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Nature Wisdom

Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.

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