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The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.

Moliere

I maintain, in truth, That with a smile we should instruct our youth, Be very gentle when we have to blame, And not put them in fear of virtue’s name.
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Blame Maintain Name Smile Truth Virtue
A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
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Home Lover Stand
And knowing money is a root of evil, in Christian charity, he’d take away whatever things may hinder your salvation.
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Charity Known Money Yourself
When there is enough to eat for eight, there is plenty for ten.
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Eat Enough Food
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
People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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People Praise Season Swallow
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
It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.
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Love Season Thinking
They would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.
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Blind Clear Liberty Sight
That must be fine, for I don’t understand a word.
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Fine Myself Understand Word
Without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death.
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Death Knowledge Life Shadow
Heaven forbids, it is true, certain gratifications, but there are ways and means of compounding such matters.
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Gratitude Heaven True Way
To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don’t succeed, at least pretend to.
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Act Best Blow Forget Pride Success
He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.
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Follow Lesson Peace Taste
In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.
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Blame Goodness Need Society Virtue
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.
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Book Marvelous

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