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A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.

Moliere

Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.
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Children Pain Pleasure
Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
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Expensive Instrument Man Music Noise Opera
Dom Juan believes neither in Heaven, nor the saints, nor God, nor the Werewolf.
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Believe God Heaven
The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
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Man Precise Smart
The proof of true love is to be unsparing in criticism.
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Criticism Love Proof True
We die only once, and for such a long time.
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Death Time
Sharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.
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Honor Share
People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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People Praise Season Swallow
Long is the road from conception to completion.
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Complete Road
Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
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Behavior Friendship Ridiculous
I would like to be like my father and all the rest of my ancestors who never married.
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Ancestor Father Marriage Myself
You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.
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Death Time Yourself
Heaven forbids, it is true, certain gratifications, but there are ways and means of compounding such matters.
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Gratitude Heaven True Way
You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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Marriage Pleasure Thinking Yourself
The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous.
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Appearance Attack Effect Laughter People Vice Way
One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.
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Goodness Oneself Thinking

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