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When there is enough to eat for eight, there is plenty for ten.

Moliere

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
He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.
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Cook Food Himself World
If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
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Double Grief Increase Yourself
unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.
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Boredom Happiness Hard Time
How strange it is to see with how much passion People see things only in their own fashion!
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Fashion Passion People See Strange
My fair one, let us swear an eternal friendship.
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Forever Friendship Myself
When there is enough to eat for eight, there is plenty for ten.
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Eat Enough Food
Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
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Avoid Extreme Perfection Reason
A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.
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Cure Husband Woman
Man’s greatest weakness is his love for life.
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Greatness Life Love Man Weakness
We die only once, and for such a long time.
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Death Time
I might, by chance, write something just as shoddy; But then I wouldn’t show it to everybody.
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Chance Myself Show Writing
Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.
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Consistent Ridiculous Suitable
They would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.
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Blind Clear Liberty Sight
Don’t appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
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Appearance Humanity Prayer Talk Understand
You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
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Peace Salvation Yourself

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