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People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.

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Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.
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Evidence Malicious Mouth Poison
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
Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.
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Culture Hope
Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.
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Born Virtue
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
The envious will die, but envy never.
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Deep Jealous People
Malicious men may die, but malice never.
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Death Infidelity Malicious Man
Don’t appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
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Appearance Humanity Prayer Talk Understand
The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
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Karma Secret
People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
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Mean People Ridiculous
The world, dear Agnes, is a strange affair.
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Affair Strange World
Without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death.
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Death Knowledge Life Shadow
Innocence is not accustomed to blush.
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Blush Innocence One Liner
When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.
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Purpose Serve Understand
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.
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Cruelty Doubt Truth Worst
Long is the road from conception to completion.
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Complete Road

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