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I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn’t speak a single word that doesn’t come straight from his heart.

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At least it’s better to be married than to be dead.
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Better Death Marriage
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
When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
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Goodness Modeling People Side
All the satires of the stage should be viewed without discomfort. They are public mirrors, where we are never to admit that we see ourselves; one admits to a fault when one is scandalized by its censure.
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Discomfort Mirror Mistake Ourselves Public Stage View
When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.
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Purpose Serve Understand
All is wholesome in the absence of excess.
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Absence Minimalism
Reasoning is the pastime of my whole household, and all this reasoning has driven out Reason.
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Drive Home Reason
There is no protection against slander.
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Protection
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.
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Cruelty Doubt Truth Worst
Human weakness is to desire to know what one does not want to know.
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Desire Human Known Oneself Weakness
Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.
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Evidence Malicious Mouth Poison
All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
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Perfection Quite Reason Sober Wisdom
I live on good soup, not on fine words.
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Fine Goodness Live Soup Word
Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
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Affection Beautiful Husband Wife
Reason is not what decides love.
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Decision Love Reason
That must be fine, for I don’t understand a word.
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Fine Myself Understand Word

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