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People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.

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Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.
MOLIERE

Assurance Creature Weird Yourself
Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
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Oneself Talk Word
Ah! how annoying that the law doesn’t allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts.
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Annoy Change Husband Law Woman
Too great haste leads us to error.
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Error Greatness Haste
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
Frankly, it’s good enough to lock up in a drawer.
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Draw Enough Goodness
Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to resemble them.
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Ancestor Born Glorious Virtue
Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
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Avoid Extreme Perfection Reason
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
In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.
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Blame Goodness Need Society Virtue
Virtue is the first title of nobility.
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Nobility Virtue
At least it’s better to be married than to be dead.
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Better Death Marriage
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
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Fruit Growth Slow Tree
I will maintain it before the whole world.
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Maintain Myself World
I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.
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Preference Vice Virtue
Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.
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Children Pain Pleasure

People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.

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