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The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.

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I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.
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Assurance Education Illiterate Myself
The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.
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Dinner Food Genuine
He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.
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Cook Food Himself World
All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.
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Dance Failure Greatness History Humanity Man Sick Skills Tragedy
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
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
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Glory Greatness Hard Time Inspirational Obstacle
The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment.
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Accomplishment Projection Road
Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
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Direct Error Haste Reason
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
I would like to be like my father and all the rest of my ancestors who never married.
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Ancestor Father Marriage Myself
Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
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Behavior Friendship Ridiculous
Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!
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Desire Embrace Mercy People Satisfaction
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
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Deserve Fortune Goodness Hope
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
No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it’s the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco lives a life not worth living.
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Drugs Equality Life Live Philosophy Worth
We die only once, and for such a long time.
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Death Time
Dom Juan believes neither in Heaven, nor the saints, nor God, nor the Werewolf.
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Believe God Heaven
Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.
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Man Myself
I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.
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Mistake Myself Proper Sincere
Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
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Avoid Extreme Perfection Reason
No reason makes it right To shun accepted ways from stubborn spite; And we may better join the foolish crowd Than cling to wisdom, lonely though unbowed.
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Acceptance Crowd Fools Reason Right Stubborn Way
There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.
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Courage Pity Pretend
Birth is nothing where virtue is not.
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Born One Liner Virtue
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
Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
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Affection Beautiful Husband Wife
Music and dance are all you need.
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Dance Music Need
The public scandal is what constitutes the offence: sins sinned in secret are no sins at all.
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Offend Public Scandal Secret Sin

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