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The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

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When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
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Goodness Modeling People Side
Every good act is charity. A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
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Act Charity Goodness Himself Man True Wealth
The envious will die, but envy never.
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Deep Jealous People
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
Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
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Avoid Extreme Perfection Reason
Don’t appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
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Appearance Humanity Prayer Talk Understand
I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.
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Preference Vice Virtue
Age brings about everything; but it is not the time, Madam, as we know, to be a prude at twenty.
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Age Madam Time
There is no rampart that will hold out against malice.
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Cheating Hold Infidelity
Innocence is not accustomed to blush.
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Blush Innocence One Liner
One should eat to live, not live to eat.
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Eat Live Oneself
Birth is nothing where virtue is not.
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Born One Liner Virtue
No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.
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Attention Best Innocence Live Pay Safety Talk Way World
He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.
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Follow Lesson Peace Taste
My fair one, let us swear an eternal friendship.
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Forever Friendship Myself
He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.
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Cook Food Himself World

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

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