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It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.

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Ah! how annoying that the law doesn’t allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts.
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Annoy Change Husband Law Woman
All is wholesome in the absence of excess.
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Absence Minimalism
All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
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Perfection Quite Reason Sober Wisdom
I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.
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Preference Vice Virtue
No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.
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Attention Best Innocence Live Pay Safety Talk Way World
People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.
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Learning People Quality
He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.
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Cook Food Himself World
The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment.
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Accomplishment Projection Road
One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
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Bad Oneself Poetry Writing
Sharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.
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Honor Share
The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money.
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Love Maturity Money Process Writing
There is nothing so necessary for men as dancing.
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Dance Man Necessary
One cannot but mistrust a prospect of felicity: one must enjoy it before one can believe in it.
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Believe Enjoyment Oneself Prospect Trust
Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
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Human Live Love Powerful
The only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for a living.
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Devil Live People Poor World Writing
It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
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Improvement Mistake Try World

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