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And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says.

Moliere

Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.
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Better Greatness Place World
Malicious men may die, but malice never.
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Death Infidelity Malicious Man
The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.
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Friendship Love Purity
When there is enough to eat for eight, there is plenty for ten.
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Eat Enough Food
The only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for a living.
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Devil Live People Poor World Writing
One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
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Bad Oneself Poetry Writing
Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.
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Couple Perfection Sense Sober Wisdom
Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
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Direct Error Haste Reason
In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the changes in the current taste.
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Change Clothes Current Follow Man Taste
Frankly, it’s good enough to lock up in a drawer.
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Draw Enough Goodness
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
It’s true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
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Finding Heaven Pleasure True
We are all mortals, and each is for himself.
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Himself Mortal
Deference and intimacy live far apart.
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Intimacy Live
Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
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Affection Beautiful Husband Wife
Human weakness is to desire to know what one does not want to know.
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Desire Human Known Oneself Weakness

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