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Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.

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Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
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Anger Lack Poetry Talent Writing
What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
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Fortune Matter
The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
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Hardship Poverty Ridiculous
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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Indulge Pleasure Rare
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
Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is humble to the highest extremity of affairs.
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Affair Extreme Fortune Humble Joke People
This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
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Descend Heaven Knowledge
Now we suffer the evils of a long peace; luxury more cruel than war broods over us and avenges a conquered world.
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Conquer Cruel Luxury Peace Suffering World
The love of money grows as the money itself grows.
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Growth Love Money
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
Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
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Consequence Dare Prison Worth
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
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
The greatest respect is owed to a child.
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Children Owe Respect

Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.

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