Virtue is the first title of nobility.
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Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.
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Virtue is the first title of nobility.
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It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.
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To create a public scandal is what’s wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.
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You have but to hold forth in cap and gown, and any gibberish becomes learning, all nonsense passes for sense.
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Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.
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Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.
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Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.
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Grammar, which can govern even Kings.
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I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.
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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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A woman always has her revenge ready.
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In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.
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One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
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I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.
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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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It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
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