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Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.

Moliere

One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
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Bad Oneself Poetry Writing
Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.
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Conquer Gold Love War
It is a long road from conception to completion.
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Complete Concept Road
Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.
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Esteem Meaning Preference
Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
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Oneself Talk Word
The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
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Absence Partner Relationship
Books and marriage go ill together.
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Book Marriage Sick
You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.
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Civilization Essence People Young
Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.
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Children Pain Pleasure
To live without loving is not really to live.
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Live Love Wasted
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
And knowing money is a root of evil, in Christian charity, he’d take away whatever things may hinder your salvation.
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Charity Known Money Yourself
I have the knack of easing scruples.
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Easy Myself
Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.
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Culture Hope
We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.
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Judgment Ourselves
We live under a prince who is an enemy to fraud, a prince whose eyes penetrate into the heart, and whom all the art of impostors can’t deceive.
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Enemy Heart Imposter Live
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.
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Book Marvelous
It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don’t want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.
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Desire Ignorance Learning Myself Question Woman
It is madness beyond compare To try to reform the world.
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Beyond Compare Try World
Anyone may be an honorable man, and yet write verse badly.
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Bad Honor Man Poet Writing
One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
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Easy Fools Love Oneself
Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.
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Consistent Ridiculous Suitable
Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
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Avoid Extreme Perfection Reason
To marry a fool is to be no fool.
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Fools Marriage
I will not leave you until I have seen you hanged.
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Death Leaving Myself See Yourself
People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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People Praise Season Swallow
Birth is nothing where virtue is not.
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Born One Liner Virtue

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