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You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?

Moliere

Age brings about everything; but it is not the time, Madam, as we know, to be a prude at twenty.
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Age Madam Time
She is laughing up her sleeve at you.
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Herself Laughter Yourself
But it is not reason that governs love.
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Government Love Reason
A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.
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Cure Husband Woman
It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
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Improvement Mistake Try World
As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
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Comedy Correct Man Myself Purpose Vice
Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion.
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Capacity Limitation Occasion
People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.
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Future Live People Wasted Time Worry
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths. It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. A lover whose passion is extreme loves even the faults of the beloved.
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Cruelty Doubt Mistake Passion Truth Worst
Gold makes the ugly beautiful.
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Beautiful Gold One Liner Ugly
There’s nothing people can’t contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations.
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Age People Praise
You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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Marriage Pleasure Thinking Yourself
All is wholesome in the absence of excess.
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Absence Minimalism
One should eat to live, not live to eat.
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Eat Live Oneself
Reasoning is the pastime of my whole household, and all this reasoning has driven out Reason.
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Drive Home Reason
Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
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Attack Neighbor Room

You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?

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