It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

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Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another

Wisdom is the winner over good luck

Wisdom is the winner over good luck

It is difficult not to write satire.

It is difficult not to write satire.

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.

One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.

One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.

Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind

Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind

The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no...

The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no...

Nature, in giving tears to man, confessed that he had a tender heart; this is...

Nature, in giving tears to man, confessed that he had a tender heart; this is...

There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.

There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.

No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.

No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.

Who you know will get your foot into the door. What you know will keep...

Who you know will get your foot into the door. What you know will keep...

It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you...

It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you...

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

The brief span of our poor unhappy life to its final hour is hastening on;...

The brief span of our poor unhappy life to its final hour is hastening on;...

Be, as many now are, rich to yourself, poor to your friends.

Be, as many now are, rich to yourself, poor to your friends.

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

Honesty is praised and starves

Honesty is praised and starves

Where's the church, who took the steeple, Religion's in the hands of some crazy ass...

Where's the church, who took the steeple, Religion's in the hands of some crazy ass...

We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that...

We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that...