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The envious will die, but envy never.

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People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
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Action Difference People Promise
The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.
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Advantage Advice Annoy Art Greatness Yourself
The road is long fro the project to its completion.
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Complete Project Road
It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.
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Offend Public Secret Sin
Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.
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Man Myself
I believe that two and two are four and that four and four are eight.
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Believe Mathematics
There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one’s work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor.
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Delight Honor Pleasure Reward
Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.
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Evidence Malicious Mouth Poison
No reason makes it right To shun accepted ways from stubborn spite; And we may better join the foolish crowd Than cling to wisdom, lonely though unbowed.
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Acceptance Crowd Fools Reason Right Stubborn Way
When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
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Goodness Modeling People Side
One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
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Bad Oneself Poetry Writing
There’s nothing quite like tobacco: it’s the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn’t deserve to live.
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Deserve Drugs Live Passion Quite
The smallest errors are always the best.
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Best Error Small
We are easily duped by those we love.
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Easy Heart Love
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
Don’t appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
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Appearance Humanity Prayer Talk Understand

The envious will die, but envy never.

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