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I have a heart to love all the world; and like Alexander I wish there were yet other worlds, so I could carry even further my amorous conquests.

Moliere

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
Malicious men may die, but malice never.
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Death Infidelity Malicious Man
The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
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Amuse Comedy Correct Men
To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don’t succeed, at least pretend to.
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Act Best Blow Forget Pride Success
Deference and intimacy live far apart.
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Intimacy Live
Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.
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Knowledge Known
Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
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Expensive Instrument Man Music Noise Opera
There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one’s work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor.
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Delight Honor Pleasure Reward
The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
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Absence Partner Relationship
Nearly all men die of their medicines, not of their diseases.
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Death Man Medicine Sick
No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it’s the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco lives a life not worth living.
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Drugs Equality Life Live Philosophy Worth
If you make yourself understood, you’re always speaking well.
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Talk Understand Well Yourself
Ah, there are no children nowadays.
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Children Time
There’s nothing people can’t contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations.
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Age People Praise
When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.
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Purpose Serve Understand
In order to prove a friend to one’s guests, frugality must reign in one’s meals; and, according to an ancient saying, one must eat to live, not live to eat.
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Eat Evidence Food Guest Live Order

I have a heart to love all the world; and like Alexander I wish there were yet other worlds, so I could carry even further my amorous conquests.

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