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People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.

Moliere

Every good act is charity. A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
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Act Charity Goodness Himself Man True Wealth
All the satires of the stage should be viewed without discomfort. They are public mirrors, where we are never to admit that we see ourselves; one admits to a fault when one is scandalized by its censure.
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Discomfort Mirror Mistake Ourselves Public Stage View
A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.
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Cure Husband Woman
We live under a prince who is an enemy to fraud, a prince whose eyes penetrate into the heart, and whom all the art of impostors can’t deceive.
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Enemy Heart Imposter Live
The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
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Man Precise Smart
Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
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Oneself Talk Word
How easy love makes fools of us.
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Easy Fools Love Ourselves
It’s true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
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Finding Heaven Pleasure True
The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money.
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Love Maturity Money Process Writing
Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.
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Fortune Friendship Goodness Greatness Possession
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
Gold gives to the ugliest thing a certain charming air, For that without it were else a miserable affair.
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Affair Charm Gold Misery
The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.
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Dinner Food Genuine
There is no rampart that will hold out against malice.
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Cheating Hold Infidelity
I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
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Beautiful Feed Goodness Language
Ah, there are no longer any children!
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Children Growth One Liner

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