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We must take the good with the bad; For the good when it’s good, is so very good That the bad when it’s bad can’t be bad!

Moliere

The proof of true love is to be unsparing in criticism.
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Criticism Love Proof True
Reasoning is the pastime of my whole household, and all this reasoning has driven out Reason.
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Drive Home Reason
Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.
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Age Solitude Soul
You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.
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Death Time Yourself
I have the knack of easing scruples.
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Easy Myself
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
It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.
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Love Season Thinking
True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
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Compromise Heaven Pleasure True
If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
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Double Grief Increase Yourself
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
There is no protection against slander.
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Protection
There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one’s work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor.
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Delight Honor Pleasure Reward
We are all mortals, and each is for himself.
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Himself Mortal
People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
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Mean People Ridiculous
Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
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Oneself Talk Word
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
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Glory Greatness Hard Time Inspirational Obstacle
To create a public scandal is what’s wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.
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Creation Private Sin Wicket
Ah, there are no longer any children!
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Children Growth One Liner
We must take the good with the bad; For the good when it’s good, is so very good That the bad when it’s bad can’t be bad!
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Bad Goodness
Anyone may be an honorable man, and yet write verse badly.
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Bad Honor Man Poet Writing
You have but to hold forth in cap and gown, and any gibberish becomes learning, all nonsense passes for sense.
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Learning Nonsense
The smallest errors are always the best.
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Best Errors Small
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
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
Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.
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Haste Man Marriage Regret
The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money.
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Love Maturity Money Process Writing
Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.
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Children Pain Pleasure

We must take the good with the bad; For the good when it’s good, is so very good That the bad when it’s bad can’t be bad!

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