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Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed.

Moliere

Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
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Attack Neighbor Room
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 scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.
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Offend Silence Sin World
It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.
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Offend Public Secret Sin
Love is often the fruit of marriage.
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Fruit Love Marriage
Without dance, a man can do nothing.
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Dance Man One Liner
Frankly, it’s good enough to lock up in a drawer.
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Draw Enough Goodness
At least it’s better to be married than to be dead.
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Better Death Marriage
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores.
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Boredom Interest Myself Preference Vice Virtue
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
Everything that’s prose isn’t verse and everything that isn’t verse is prose. Now you see what it is to be a scholar!
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Prose Scholar Verse Yourself
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
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
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths. It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. A lover whose passion is extreme loves even the faults of the beloved.
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Cruelty Doubt Mistake Passion Truth Worst
In order to prove a friend to one’s guests, frugality must reign in one’s meals; and, according to an ancient saying, one must eat to live, not live to eat.
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Eat Evidence Food Guest Live Order
When there is enough to eat for eight, there is plenty for ten.
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Eat Enough Food

Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed.

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