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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
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
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Glory Greatness Hard Time Inspirational Obstacle
In order to prove a friend to one’s guests, frugality must reign in one’s meals; and, according to an ancient saying, one must eat to live, not live to eat.
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Eat Evidence Food Guest Live Order
Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.
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Perfection Reason Sober Wisdom
There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket.
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Pocket Praise Sort Yourself
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
The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment.
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Accomplishment Projection Road
Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
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Oneself Talk Word
Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue.
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Fashion Hypocrisy Pass Vice Virtue
There is no rampart that will hold out against malice.
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Cheating Hold Infidelity
Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion.
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Capacity Limitation Occasion
The true touchstone of wit is the impromptu.
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Brilliance Touch True
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
Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.
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Haste Man Marriage Regret
There is no secret of the heart which our actions do not disclose.
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Action Heart Ourselves Secret
A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.
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Cure Husband Woman

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