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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.

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The more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; and the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue.
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Difficult Obstacle Powerful Virtue
To create a public scandal is what’s wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.
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Creation Private Sin Wicket
Malicious men may die, but malice never.
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Death Infidelity Malicious Man
All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.
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Prose Verse
The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
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Man Precise Smart
To inspire love is a woman’s greatest ambition, believe me. It’s the one thing woman care about and there’s no woman so proud that she does not rejoice at heart in her conquests.
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Ambition Greatness Heart Herself Love Woman
I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.
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Myself Poet Trouble Writing
As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
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Comedy Correct Man Myself Purpose Vice
The only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for a living.
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Devil Live People Poor World Writing
The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment.
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Accomplishment Projection Road
When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
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Goodness Modeling People Side
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
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Glory Greatness Hard Time Inspirational Obstacle
In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the changes in the current taste.
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Change Clothes Current Follow Man Taste
We are easily duped by those we love.
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Easy Heart Love
The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
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Amuse Comedy Correct Men
It is madness beyond compare To try to reform the world.
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Beyond Compare Try World

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