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Heaven forbids, it is true, certain gratifications, but there are ways and means of compounding such matters.

Moliere

Anyone may be an honorable man, and yet write verse badly.
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Bad Honor Man Poet Writing
I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.
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Assurance Education Illiterate Myself
It’s an odd job, making decent people laugh.
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Job Laughter People
As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
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Comedy Correct Man Myself Purpose Vice
He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.
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Cook Food Himself World
Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.
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Children Pain Pleasure
Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
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Avoid Extreme Perfection Reason
With a smile we should instruct our youth.
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Instruction Smile Youth
Then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust. The grave’s a fine and private place But none, I think, do there embrace.
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Embrace Honor Myself Place Preserve Worm
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
Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
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Expensive Instrument Man Music Noise Opera
I believe that two and two are four and that four and four are eight.
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Believe Mathematics
One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
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Bad Oneself Poetry Writing
One should eat to live, not live to eat.
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Eat Live Oneself
I find medicine is the best of all trades because whether you do any good or not you still. Get your money.
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Medicine Money Trade Yourself
Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
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Oneself Talk Word

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