I believe no satirist could breathe this air. If another Juvenal or Swift could rise up among us tomorrow, he would be hunted down. If you have any knowledge of our literature, and can give me the name of any man, American born and bred, who has anatomized our follies as a people, and not as this or that party; and who has escaped the foulest and most brutal slander, the most inveterate hatred and intolerant pursuit; it will be a strange name in my ears, believe me.
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Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance, And toss them on the wheels of Chance.
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Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance, And toss them on the wheels of Chance.
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It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face.
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Revenge is sweeter than life itself. So think the fools.
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Who watches the Watchmen?
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Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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Refrain from doing ill for one all powerful reason, lest our children should copy our misdeeds we are all to prone to imitate whatever is base and depraved.
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Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance,
And toss them on the wheels of Chance.
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A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things - bread and circuses!
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It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
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It is a wretched thing to live on the fame of others.
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So rare is the union of beauty with modesty.
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The smell of profit is clean and sweet, whatever the source.
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The people that one bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things - bread and circuses
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Writing is the incurable itch that possesses many.
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A hairy body, and arms stiff with bristles, give promise of a manly soul.
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All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
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Ardeat ipsa licet, tormentia gaudet amantis. (Though she may herself burn, she delights in her lover's torment.)
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Peace visits not the guilty mind.
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One path alone leads to a life of peace: The path of virtue.
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A healthy mind in a healthy body.
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Many commit the same crime with a different destiny; one bears a cross as the price of his villainy, another wears a crown.
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Be rich to yourself and poor to your friends.
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Two things only the people actually desire bread and circuses.
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Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is humble to the highest extremity of affairs.
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