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It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.

Juvenal

Many a man has met death from the rushing flood of his own eloquence; others from the strength and wondrous thews in which they have trusted.
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Death Eloquence Man Rush Strength Throw Trust
Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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Bread Circus Human
The love of money grows as the money itself grows.
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Growth Love Money
Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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Destroy Efficient Luxury War
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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Easy Men Poverty Quality Rise
Remorse is the fruit of crime.
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Crime Fruit One Liner
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
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Happiness Man Seduce Wicked
The greatest respect is owed to a child.
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Children Owe Respect
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
There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
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Kindness Lie Worse
Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
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Creation Luck Position Raise
Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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Dead Foe Luxury One Liner
If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
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Beget Failure Nature Poem
Honesty is praised and left in the cold.
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Cold Honesty One Liner Praise
All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
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Human Nature Learn Pay Price
What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
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Fortune Matter

It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.

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