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One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.

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Even Rome cannot grant us a dispensation from death.
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Death Ourselves
The only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for a living.
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Devil Live People Poor World Writing
It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.
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Love Season Thinking
I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
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Beautiful Feed Goodness Language
There’s nothing people can’t contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations.
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Age People Praise
It is good food and not fine words that keeps me alive.
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Alive Food Goodness Myself
One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
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Bad Oneself Poetry Writing
We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.
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Judgment Ourselves
Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.
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Assurance Creature Weird Yourself
It’s an odd job, making decent people laugh.
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Job Laughter People
Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.
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Greatness Love Master Teaching
The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
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Amuse Comedy Correct Men
I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.
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Hate Man Mean Oneself Vicious
Two wives? That exceeds the custom.
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Marriage Rule Wife
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
Most people die from the remedy rather than from the illness.
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Death People Remedy Sick

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