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Virtue is a vice
when it wears the mask of God’s
common dominion
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All nature is a
recognition of art’s gift
to adversity
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Labor injures the
mind; its only remedy
is the shrift of gold
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Hatred impairs one’s
self-respect, but vengeance is
fortune’s great favor
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Be silent, and if
you can’t be silent know that
we’re not listening
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Consult a madman
on all things and steer in a
favorable wind
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A fool knows not that
recognizable order
is never maintained
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Deny admittance
to the passions and life is
onerous solace
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The infirmity
of language shrivels before
the terror of law
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Live among men as
if you are unable to
bear humanity
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