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unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.

Moliere

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
All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.
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Dance Failure Greatness History Humanity Man Sick Skills Tragedy
unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.
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Boredom Happiness Hard Time
It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
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Action Responsibility Silence
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
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Fruit Growth Slow Tree
One easily bears moral reproof, but never mockery.
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Easy Humour Moral
You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.
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Death Time Yourself
Love is often the fruit of marriage.
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Fruit Love Marriage
I maintain, in truth, That with a smile we should instruct our youth, Be very gentle when we have to blame, And not put them in fear of virtue’s name.
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Blame Maintain Name Smile Truth Virtue
Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.
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Man Myself
Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
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Esteem Hold Preference
To live without loving is not really to live.
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Live Love Wasted
Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
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Affection Beautiful Husband Wife
I believe that two and two are four and that four and four are eight.
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Believe Mathematics
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
We always speak well when we manage to be understood.
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Manage Talk Understand

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