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There’s nothing people can’t contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations.

Moliere

Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
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Book Expire Fame Famous Need Reading Virtue Worth
No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.
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Attention Best Innocence Live Pay Safety Talk Way World
The envious will die, but envy never.
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Deep Jealous People
The true touchstone of wit is the impromptu.
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Brilliance Touch True
When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.
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Purpose Serve Understand
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
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
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Best Insult Man Patience Reply Wisdom
One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
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Easy Fools Love Oneself
Ah, there are no longer any children!
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Children Growth One Liner
A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
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Home Lover Stand
It is good food and not fine words that keeps me alive.
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Alive Food Goodness Myself
Then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust. The grave’s a fine and private place But none, I think, do there embrace.
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Embrace Honor Myself Place Preserve Worm
Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.
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Assurance Creature Weird Yourself
Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!
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Desire Embrace Mercy People Satisfaction
I believe that two and two are four and that four and four are eight.
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Believe Mathematics
I live on good soup, not on fine words.
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Fine Goodness Live Soup Word

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