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Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.

Moliere

Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
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Expensive Instrument Man Music Noise Opera
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
You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.
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Death Time Yourself
It is a long road from conception to completion.
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Complete Concept Road
It may cost me twenty thousand francs; but for twenty thousand francs, I will have the right to rail against the iniquity of humanity, and to devote to it my eternal hatred.
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Forever Hate Humanity Myself Price
The world, dear Agnes, is a strange affair.
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Affair Strange World
You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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Marriage Pleasure Thinking Yourself
People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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People Praise Season Swallow
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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Artist Fate Fools Himself Ignorance Vulgar Work
The only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for a living.
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Devil Live People Poor World Writing
Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.
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Perfection Reason Sober Wisdom
People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
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Mean People Ridiculous
Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn’t rule in love, you know.
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Day Love Reason Rule Yourself
If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.
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Heart Integrity Virtue
People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.
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Future Live People Wasted Time Worry
Its as if you think you’d never find Reason and the Sacred intertwined.
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Reason Sacred Thinking

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