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Birth is nothing where virtue is not.

Moliere

The proof of true love is to be unsparing in criticism.
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Criticism Love Proof True
The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
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Man Precise Smart
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
True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
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Compromise Heaven Pleasure True
To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don’t succeed, at least pretend to.
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Act Best Blow Forget Pride Success
She is laughing up her sleeve at you.
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Herself Laughter Yourself
Sometimes I feel something akin to rage At the corrupted morals of this age!
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Age Feeling Moral Myself Time
Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.
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Esteem Meaning Preference
It is a long road from conception to completion.
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Complete Concept Road
Reasoning is the pastime of my whole household, and all this reasoning has driven out Reason.
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Drive Home Reason
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
Without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death.
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Death Knowledge Life Shadow
I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.
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Hate Man Mean Oneself Vicious
The more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; and the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue.
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Difficult Obstacle Powerful Virtue
Love is often the fruit of marriage.
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Fruit Love Marriage
All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
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Perfection Quite Reason Sober Wisdom

Birth is nothing where virtue is not.

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