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We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.

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All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
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Perfection Quite Reason Sober Wisdom
If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.
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Heart Integrity Virtue
Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to resemble them.
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Ancestor Born Glorious Virtue
Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.
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Evidence Malicious Mouth Poison
I have the knack of easing scruples.
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Easy Myself
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
Malicious men may die, but malice never.
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Death Infidelity Malicious Man
Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!
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Desire Embrace Mercy People Satisfaction
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
No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it’s the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco lives a life not worth living.
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Drugs Equality Life Live Philosophy Worth
A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.
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Cure Husband Woman
Most people die from the remedy rather than from the illness.
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Death People Remedy Sick
People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
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Mean People Ridiculous
Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
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Behavior Friendship Ridiculous
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores.
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Boredom Interest Myself Preference Vice Virtue
One easily bears moral reproof, but never mockery.
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Easy Humour Moral

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