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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
People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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People Praise Season Swallow
Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion.
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Capacity Limitation Occasion
I have the knack of easing scruples.
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Easy Myself
Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
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Affection Beautiful Husband Wife
Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.
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Born Virtue
It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don’t want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.
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Desire Ignorance Learning Myself Question Woman
They would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.
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Blind Clear Liberty Sight
Reasoning is the pastime of my whole household, and all this reasoning has driven out Reason.
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Drive Home Reason
It’s true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
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Finding Heaven Pleasure True
The proof of true love is to be unsparing in criticism.
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Criticism Love Proof True
To inspire love is a woman’s greatest ambition, believe me. It’s the one thing woman care about and there’s no woman so proud that she does not rejoice at heart in her conquests.
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Ambition Greatness Heart Herself Love Woman
With a smile we should instruct our youth.
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Instruction Smile Youth
And knowing money is a root of evil, in Christian charity, he’d take away whatever things may hinder your salvation.
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Charity Known Money Yourself
Even Rome cannot grant us a dispensation from death.
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Death Ourselves
At least it’s better to be married than to be dead.
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Better Death Marriage

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