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There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to the criticism of the vulgar and ignorant.

Moliere

How easily a fathers tenderness is recalled, and how quickly a son’s offenses vanish at the slightest word of repentance!
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Easy Father Regret Son Vanish
Gold makes the ugly beautiful.
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Beautiful Gold One Liner Ugly
Books and marriage go ill together.
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Book Marriage Sick
True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
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Compromise Heaven Pleasure True
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
Without dance, a man can do nothing.
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Dance Man One Liner
There is something inexpressibly charming in falling in love and, surely, the whole pleasure lies in the fact that love isn’t lasting.
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Charm Expression Fact Lying
My fair one, let us swear an eternal friendship.
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Forever Friendship Myself
When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.
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Purpose Serve Understand
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
Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
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Esteem Hold Preference
The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.
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Offend Silence Sin World
I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
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Beautiful Feed Goodness Language
Isn’t the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?
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Greatness Rule Simplicity
You are a fool in four letters, my son.
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Fool Son Yourself
I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.
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Friendship Man Myself Truth

There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to the criticism of the vulgar and ignorant.

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