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When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?

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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
What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
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Fortune Matter
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
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Rejoice Revenge Weak
The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
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Hardship Poverty Ridiculous
Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
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Nature Wisdom
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
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
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Happiness Man Seduce Wicked
Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
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Deceive Shadow Vice Virtue
Honesty is praised and left in the cold.
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Cold Honesty One Liner Praise
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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Bound Desire Innocence Man Wise
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
Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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Possess Writing
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
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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Hate Shame Woman
Remorse is the fruit of crime.
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Crime Fruit One Liner
No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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Rejoice Revenge Woman

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