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Tis a hard task this, not to sacrifice manners to wealth. (Martial)
Selius affirms, in heav'n no gods there are: And while he thrives, and they their thunder spare, His daring tenet to the world seems fair. Anon. 1695. View quote
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Let a defect, which is possibly but small, appear undisguised. A fault concealed is presumed to be great. View quote
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It is not poverty, Nestor, to have nothing at all. View quote
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Although the words run speedily, the hand is swifter than they; the tongue has not yet, the hand has already, completed its work. View quote
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Tis degrading to undertake difficult trifles; and foolish is the labour spent on puerilities. View quote
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You will always be poor, if you are poor, Aemilianus. Wealth is given to-day to none save the rich. View quote
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Let me have a plump home-born slave, have a wife not too lettered, have night with sleep, have day without a lawsuit. View quote
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Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil. View quote
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