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At least it’s better to be married than to be dead.

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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
There is no secret of the heart which our actions do not disclose.
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Action Heart Ourselves Secret
How easy love makes fools of us.
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Easy Fools Love Ourselves
A woman always has her revenge ready.
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Herself Revenge Woman
The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.
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Dinner Food Genuine
One cannot but mistrust a prospect of felicity: one must enjoy it before one can believe in it.
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Believe Enjoyment Oneself Prospect Trust
Every good act is charity. A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
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Act Charity Goodness Himself Man True Wealth
The envious will die, but envy never.
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Death Jealous Willing
Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.
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Age Solitude Soul
Cultivated people should be superior to any consideration so sordid as a mercenary interest.
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Cultivation Interest People
It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
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Action Responsibility Silence
Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.
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Fortune Friendship Goodness Greatness Possession
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
If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.
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Heart Integrity Virtue
Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.
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Children Pain Pleasure
The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
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Absence Partner Relationship

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