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Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.

Moliere

Gold makes the ugly beautiful.
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Beautiful Gold One Liner Ugly
I have the knack of easing scruples.
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Easy Myself
The envious will die, but envy never.
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Deep Jealous People
I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.
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Mistake Myself Proper Sincere
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
Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
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Expensive Instrument Man Music Noise Opera
There is nothing so necessary for men as dancing.
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Dance Man Necessary
Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.
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Perfection Reason Sober Wisdom
Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
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Avoid Extreme Perfection Reason
The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous.
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Appearance Attack Effect Laughter People Vice Way
If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
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Double Grief Increase Yourself
Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
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Esteem Hold Preference
True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
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Compromise Heaven Pleasure True
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
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
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Fruit Growth Slow Tree

Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.

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