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The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
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The bride price, not the bride, is the focus of appeal.
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Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
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3.
Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt
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4.
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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5.
The arrows are from her dowry.
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6.
The brief span of our poor unhappy life to its final hour Is hastening on; and while we drink and call for gay wreaths, Perfumes, and young girls, old age creeps upon us, unperceived.
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7.
The abject pleasure of an abject mind
And hence so dear to poor weak woman kind.
[Lat., Vindicta
Nemo magis gaudet, quam femina.]
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8.
Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
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9.
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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10.
Quis costodiet ipsos custodies? (Who will watch the watchers?)
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11.
Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions — everything, now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses.
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12.
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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13.
Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
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14.
Dare to do something worth of exile and prison if you mean to be anybody. Virtue is praised and left to freeze.
[Lat., Aude aliquid brevibus Gyaris et carcere dignum
Si vis esse aliquis. Probitas laudatur et alget.]
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Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
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16.
Now that no one buys our votes, the public has long since cast off its cares; for the people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now meddles no more and longs eagerly for just two things - bread and circuses.
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17.
When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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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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19.
Two things only the people actually desire: bread and circuses.
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20.
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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21.
But who guards the guardians?
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22.
To lay down one's life for the truth.
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23.
Refrain from doing ill; for one all powerful reason, lest our children should copy our misdeeds; we are all too prone to imitate whatever is base and depraved.
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24.
Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.
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25.
Today there's more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.
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26.
The skilful class of flatterers praise the discourse of an ignorant friend and the face of a deformed one.
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27.
Yes, know thyself: in great concerns or small, be this thy care, for this, my friend, is all.
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28.
No god is absent where prudence dwells.
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But grant the wrath of Heaven be great, 'tis slow.
[Lat., Ut sit magna tamen certe lenta ira deorum est.]
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30.
Who watches the watchmen?
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This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
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32.
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
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33.
The grape gains its purple tinge by looking at another grape.
[Lat., Uvaque conspecta livorem ducit ab uva.]
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34.
Remote though your farm may be, It's something to be the lord of one green lizard-and free.
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35.
There's a lust in man, no charm can tame, of loudly publishing our neighbor's shame.
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36.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
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37.
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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38.
There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
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39.
She knows no difference 'twixt head and privities who devours immense oysters at midnight.
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40.
A third heir seldom enjoys what has been dishonestly acquired.
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41.
Be gentle with the young.
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42.
A sound mind in a sound body is a thing to be prayed for.
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43.
Nobody ever became depraved all at once.
[Lat., Nemo repente fuit turpissimus.]
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44.
Like warmed-up cabbage served at each repast, The repetition kills the wretch at last.
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45.
Revenge is sweeter than life itself. So think fools.
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46.
No one every suddenly became depraved.
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47.
Nature and wisdom always say the same.
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48.
The thirst after fame is greater than that after virtue; for who embraces virtue if you take away its rewards?
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49.
No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.
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50.
Of the woes Of unhappy poverty, none is more difficult to bear Than that it heaps men with ridicule.
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