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They would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.

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Betrayed and wronged in everything, I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king, And seek some spot unpeopled and apart Where I’ll be free to have an honest heart.
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Betrayal Bitter Heart Honesty Seek Vice World Wrong
Don’t appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
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Appearance Humanity Prayer Talk Understand
I find medicine is the best of all trades because whether you do any good or not you still. Get your money.
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Medicine Money Trade Yourself
It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
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Action Responsibility Silence
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.
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Book Marvelous
True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
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Compromise Heaven Pleasure True
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
All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.
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Prose Verse
If you make yourself understood, you’re always speaking well.
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Talk Understand Well Yourself
I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.
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Hate Man Mean Oneself Vicious
Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
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Oneself Talk Word
People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
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Mean People Ridiculous
All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
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Perfection Quite Reason Sober Wisdom
The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.
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Dinner Food Genuine
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
Man’s greatest weakness is his love for life.
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Greatness Life Love Man Weakness

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