When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?

Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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Possess Writing
Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
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Body Health Mind Pray
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
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Capable Insult Submit
Honesty is praised and left in the cold.
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Cold Honesty One Liner Praise
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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Hate Shame Woman
Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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Dead Foe Luxury One Liner
The love of money grows as the money itself grows.
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Growth Love Money
There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
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Kindness Lie Worse
The greatest respect is owed to a child.
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Children Owe Respect
In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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Difficult World Writing
Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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Bread Circus Human
Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
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Creation Luck Position Raise
If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
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Beget Failure Nature Poem
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
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

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