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Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.

Moliere

If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.
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Heart Integrity Virtue
When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
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Goodness Modeling People Side
That must be fine, for I don’t understand a word.
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Fine Myself Understand Word
Every good act is charity. A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
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Act Charity Goodness Himself Man True Wealth
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores.
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Boredom Interest Myself Preference Vice Virtue
The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
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Ancestor People Present
I might, by chance, write something just as shoddy; But then I wouldn’t show it to everybody.
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Chance Myself Show Writing
It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I’m right.
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Angry Right Wrong
Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
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Attack Neighbor Room
The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.
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Advantage Advice Annoy Art Greatness Yourself
When there is enough to eat for eight, there is plenty for ten.
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Eat Enough Food
Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
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Oneself Talk Word
In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.
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Blame Goodness Need Society Virtue
A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
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Home Lover Stand
He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.
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Cook Food Himself World
Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn’t rule in love, you know.
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Day Love Reason Rule Yourself

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