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It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

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We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.
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Judgment Ourselves
A good husband be the best sort of plaster for to cure a young woman’s ailments.
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Goodness Husband Problem Woman Young
The world, dear Agnes, is a strange affair.
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Affair Strange World
The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
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Ancestor People Present
Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed.
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Heart Honor Man Noble Wound
New-born desires, after all, have inexplicable charms, and all the pleasure of love is in variety.
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Born Desire Love Pleasure Variety
Malicious men may die, but malice never.
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Death Infidelity Malicious Man
No matter what everybody says, ultimately these things can harm us only by the way we react to them.
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Harm Ourselves Reaction Ultimate
I would like to be like my father and all the rest of my ancestors who never married.
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Ancestor Father Marriage Myself
Ah, there are no longer any children!
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Children Growth One Liner
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
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Love Money Prostitution Writing Yourself
Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.
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Evidence Malicious Mouth Poison
One cannot but mistrust a prospect of felicity: one must enjoy it before one can believe in it.
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Believe Enjoyment Oneself Prospect Trust
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
Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.
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Right True Zeal
A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
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Home Lover Stand

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