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Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.

Moliere

People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
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Mean People Ridiculous
Human weakness is to desire to know what one does not want to know.
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Desire Human Known Oneself Weakness
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
There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to the criticism of the vulgar and ignorant.
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Artist Fate Fools Himself Ignorance Vulgar Work
Music and dance are all you need.
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Dance Music Need
Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
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Expensive Instrument Man Music Noise Opera
Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
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Direct Error Haste Reason
Virtue is the first title of nobility.
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Nobility Virtue
Reason is not what decides love.
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Decision Love Reason
Betrayed and wronged in everything, I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king, And seek some spot unpeopled and apart Where I’ll be free to have an honest heart.
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Betrayal Bitter Heart Honesty Seek Vice World Wrong
Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed.
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Heart Honor Man Noble Wound
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.
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Cruelty Doubt Truth Worst
Without dance, a man can do nothing.
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Dance Man One Liner
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
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Glory Greatness Hard Time Inspirational Obstacle
Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
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Human Live Love Powerful
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
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Fruit Growth Slow Tree

Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.

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