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People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.

Moliere

Every good act is charity. A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
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Act Charity Goodness Himself Man True Wealth
Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
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Esteem Hold Preference
With a smile we should instruct our youth.
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Instruction Smile Youth
The defects of human nature afford us opportunities of exercising our philosophy, the best employment of our virtues. If all men were righteous, all hearts true and frank and loyal, what use would our virtues be?
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Afford Best Employment Human Loyal Nature Opportunity Ourselves Virtue
The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment.
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Accomplishment Projection Road
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
One easily bears moral reproof, but never mockery.
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Easy Humour Moral
What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.
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God Greatness Man Terrible Wicket
You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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Marriage Pleasure Thinking Yourself
I will maintain it before the whole world.
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Maintain Myself World
Gold makes the ugly beautiful.
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Beautiful Gold One Liner Ugly
When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.
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Purpose Serve Understand
It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
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Action Responsibility Silence
Things are only worth what you make them worth.
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Value Worth Yourself
It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.
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Love Season Thinking
The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
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Karma Secret

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