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Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.

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Then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust. The grave’s a fine and private place But none, I think, do there embrace.
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Embrace Honor Myself Place Preserve Worm
Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.
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Children Pain Pleasure
The more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; and the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue.
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Difficult Obstacle Powerful Virtue
Even Rome cannot grant us a dispensation from death.
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Death Ourselves
The smallest errors are always the best.
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Best Errors Small
All the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing.
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Dance Failure Greatness Leadership Skill
Assassination’s the fastest way.
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Assassination Death Fast Murder Way
I would like to be like my father and all the rest of my ancestors who never married.
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Ancestor Father Marriage Myself
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
People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
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Mean People Ridiculous
With a smile we should instruct our youth.
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Instruction Smile Youth
The defects of human nature afford us opportunities of exercising our philosophy, the best employment of our virtues. If all men were righteous, all hearts true and frank and loyal, what use would our virtues be?
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Afford Best Employment Human Loyal Nature Opportunity Ourselves Virtue
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths. It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. A lover whose passion is extreme loves even the faults of the beloved.
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Cruelty Doubt Mistake Passion Truth Worst
Birth is nothing where virtue is not.
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Born One Liner Virtue
Virtue is the first title of nobility.
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Nobility Virtue
Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
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Esteem Hold Preference

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