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Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

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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
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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Crow Fortune Luck One Liner White
Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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Destroy Efficient Luxury War
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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Comparison Knowledge Pay Price Speak
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
Every great house is full of haughty servants.
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House Servant
No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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Rejoice Revenge Woman
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
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
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
Today there’s more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.
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Mankind Snake
Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
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Body Health Mind Pray
Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
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Nature Wisdom
Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
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Deceive Shadow Vice Virtue
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
Remorse is the fruit of crime.
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Crime Fruit One Liner

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

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