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Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.

Moliere

We die only once, and for such a long time.
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Death Time
The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.
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Advantage Advice Annoy Art Greatness Yourself
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.
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Book Marvelous
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.
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Cruelty Doubt Truth Worst
And knowing money is a root of evil, in Christian charity, he’d take away whatever things may hinder your salvation.
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Charity Known Money Yourself
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
Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.
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Consistent Ridiculous Suitable
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
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Glory Greatness Hard Time Inspirational Obstacle
People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
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Mean People Ridiculous
Its as if you think you’d never find Reason and the Sacred intertwined.
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Reason Sacred Thinking
Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high hands makes them obey its laws.
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Grammar Hands Law Obedience
It’s an odd job, making decent people laugh.
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Job Laughter People
Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.
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Assurance Creature Weird Yourself
I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.
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Mistake Myself Proper Sincere
It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
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Improvement Mistake Try World
When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
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Goodness Modeling People Side

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