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Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.

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No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
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Happiness Man Seduce Wicked
Remorse is the fruit of crime.
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Crime Fruit One Liner
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
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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Comparison Knowledge Pay Price Speak
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
The love of money grows as the money itself grows.
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Growth Love Money
Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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Tolerate Wealth Woman
If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
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Beget Failure Nature Poem
Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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Possess Writing
When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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Failure Talent Verse Writing
Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.
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Bad Fear Love Men Punishment Virtue
What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
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Fortune Matter
In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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Difficult World Writing
The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
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Hardship Poverty Ridiculous
Honesty is praised and left in the cold.
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Cold Honesty One Liner Praise
There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
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Kindness Lie Worse

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