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I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn’t speak a single word that doesn’t come straight from his heart.
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Heart Himself Man People Sincere Talk Word
I live on good soup, not on fine words.
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Fine Goodness Live Soup Word
It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.
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Offend Public Secret Sin
I recover my property wherever I find it.
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Finding Myself Property Recover
The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
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Karma Secret
Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.
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Born Virtue
People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
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Mean People Ridiculous
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
No reason makes it right To shun accepted ways from stubborn spite; And we may better join the foolish crowd Than cling to wisdom, lonely though unbowed.
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Acceptance Crowd Fools Reason Right Stubborn Way
At least it’s better to be married than to be dead.
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Better Death Marriage
Reasoning is the pastime of my whole household, and all this reasoning has driven out Reason.
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Drive Home Reason
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
Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
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Human Live Love Powerful
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
When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.
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Purpose Serve Understand
Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
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Oneself Talk Word

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