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People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.

Moliere

You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.
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Civilization Essence People Young
New-born desires, after all, have inexplicable charms, and all the pleasure of love is in variety.
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Born Desire Love Pleasure Variety
But it is not reason that governs love.
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Government Love Reason
Frankly, it’s good enough to lock up in a drawer.
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Draw Enough Goodness
I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.
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Myself Poet Trouble Writing
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
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Best Insult Man Patience Reply Wisdom
Long is the road from conception to completion.
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Complete Road
I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn’t speak a single word that doesn’t come straight from his heart.
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Heart Himself Man People Sincere Talk Word
Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.
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Esteem Meaning Preference
Good Heavens! For more than forty years I have been speaking prose without knowing it.
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Goodness Heaven Known Myself Talk
All is wholesome in the absence of excess.
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Absence Minimalism
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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Change Clothes Current Follow Man Taste
The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
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Karma Secret
No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.
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Attention Best Innocence Live Pay Safety Talk Way World
It’s an odd job, making decent people laugh.
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Job Laughter People
To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don’t succeed, at least pretend to.
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Act Best Blow Forget Pride Success

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