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You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?

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They would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.
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Blind Clear Liberty Sight
Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn’t rule in love, you know.
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Day Love Reason Rule Yourself
To live without loving is not really to live.
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Live Love Wasted
But it is not reason that governs love.
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Government Love Reason
We must take the good with the bad; For the good when it’s good, is so very good That the bad when it’s bad can’t be bad!
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Bad Goodness
In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.
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Blame Goodness Need Society Virtue
Malicious men may die, but malice never.
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Death Infidelity Malicious Man
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
I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.
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Myself Poet Trouble Writing
Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.
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Consistent Ridiculous Suitable
The true touchstone of wit is the impromptu.
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Brilliance Touch True
I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.
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Hate Man Mean Oneself Vicious
The envious will die, but envy never.
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Death Jealous Willing
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
One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
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Easy Fools Love Oneself

You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?

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