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The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.

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It’s true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
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Finding Heaven Pleasure True
True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
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Compromise Heaven Pleasure True
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
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Fruit Growth Slow Tree
To marry a fool is to be no fool.
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Fools Marriage
Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
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Oneself Talk Word
unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.
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Boredom Happiness Hard Time
The envious will die, but envy never.
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Deep Jealous People
Everyone has a right to his own course of action.
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Direction Himself Right
Don’t appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
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Appearance Humanity Prayer Talk Understand
It is good food and not fine words that keeps me alive.
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Alive Food Goodness Myself
Ah! how annoying that the law doesn’t allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts.
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Annoy Change Husband Law Woman
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
There’s nothing quite like tobacco: it’s the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn’t deserve to live.
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Deserve Drugs Live Passion Quite
She is laughing up her sleeve at you.
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Herself Laughter Yourself
A woman always has her revenge ready.
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Herself Revenge Woman
But it is not reason that governs love.
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Government Love Reason

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