Luck Often Raises Vulgarity To A High

The Grape Gains Its Purple Tinge By Looking At Another Grape. [lat., Uvaque Conspecta Livorem Ducit Ab Uva.]

The Thirst For Fame Is Much Greater Than That For Virtue; For Who Would Embrace Virtue Itself If You Take Away Its Rewards? [lat., Tanto Major Famae Sitis Est Quam Virtutis: Quis Enim Virtutem Amplectitur Ipsam Praemia Se Tollas.]

No One Becomes Depraved All At Once.

They Do Not Easily Rise Whose Abilities Are Repressed By Poverty At Home. [lat., Haud Facile Emergunt Quorum Virtutibus Obstat Res Angusta Domi.]

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