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There is nothing so necessary for men as dancing.

Moliere

The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous.
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Appearance Attack Effect Laughter People Vice Way
We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.
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Judgment Ourselves
There is nothing so necessary for men as dancing.
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Dance Man Necessary
How strange it is to see with how much passion People see things only in their own fashion!
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Fashion Passion People See Strange
She is laughing up her sleeve at you.
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Herself Laughter Yourself
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
Long is the road from conception to completion.
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Complete Road
Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
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Beautiful Hook Intelligence
Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.
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Age Solitude Soul
Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.
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Greatness Love Master Teaching
You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.
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Civilization Essence People Young
There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.
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Courage Pity Pretend
You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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Marriage Pleasure Thinking Yourself
I have a heart to love all the world; and like Alexander I wish there were yet other worlds, so I could carry even further my amorous conquests.
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Heart Love Myself 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
To inspire love is a woman’s greatest ambition, believe me. It’s the one thing woman care about and there’s no woman so proud that she does not rejoice at heart in her conquests.
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Ambition Greatness Heart Herself Love Woman

There is nothing so necessary for men as dancing.

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