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One should eat to live, not live to eat.

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The world, dear Agnes, is a strange affair.
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Affair Strange World
Time has nothing to do with the matter.
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Substance Time
Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
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Oneself Talk Word
The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.
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Offend Silence Sin World
Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
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Behavior Friendship Ridiculous
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
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Best Insult Man Patience Reply Wisdom
You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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Marriage Pleasure Thinking Yourself
Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
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Attack Neighbor Room
What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.
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God Greatness Man Terrible Wicket
Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn’t rule in love, you know.
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Day Love Reason Rule Yourself
But it is not reason that governs love.
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Government Love Reason
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
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Love Money Prostitution Writing Yourself
I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.
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Myself Poet Trouble Writing
Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
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Direct Error Haste Reason
It’s true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
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Finding Heaven Pleasure True
No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it’s the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco lives a life not worth living.
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