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Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
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Esteem Hold Preference
People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
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Mean People Ridiculous
And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says.
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Himself Spiritual
One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
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Easy Fools Love Oneself
One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.
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Goodness Oneself Thinking
All is wholesome in the absence of excess.
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Absence Minimalism
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths. It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. A lover whose passion is extreme loves even the faults of the beloved.
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Cruelty Doubt Mistake Passion Truth Worst
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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Heart Himself Man People Sincere Talk Word
I will not leave you until I have seen you hanged.
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Death Leaving Myself See Yourself
Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
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Avoid Extreme Perfection Reason
Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.
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Consistent Ridiculous Suitable
Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
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Affection Beautiful Husband Wife
Two wives? That exceeds the custom.
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Marriage Rule Wife
The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.
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Dinner Food Genuine
She is laughing up her sleeve at you.
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Herself Laughter Yourself
Without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death.
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Death Knowledge Life Shadow

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