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You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.

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I live on good soup, not on fine words.
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Fine Goodness Live Soup Word
Without dance, a man can do nothing.
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Dance Man One Liner
Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.
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Children Pain Pleasure
Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
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Book Expire Fame Famous Need Reading Virtue Worth
And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says.
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Himself Spiritual
People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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People Praise Season Swallow
It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.
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Offend Public Secret Sin
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
The envious will die, but envy never.
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Deep Jealous People
Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.
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Assurance Creature Weird Yourself
As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
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Comedy Correct Man Myself Purpose Vice
No matter what everybody says, ultimately these things can harm us only by the way we react to them.
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Harm Ourselves Reaction Ultimate
The more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; and the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue.
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Difficult Obstacle Powerful Virtue
The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
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Man Precise Smart
With a smile we should instruct our youth.
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Instruction Smile Youth
The proof of true love is to be unsparing in criticism.
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Criticism Love Proof True

You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.

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