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Sharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.

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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
You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.
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Death Time Yourself
I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.
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Preference Vice Virtue
There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to the criticism of the vulgar and ignorant.
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Artist Fate Fools Himself Ignorance Vulgar Work
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
We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.
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Judgment Ourselves
I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
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Beautiful Feed Goodness Language
People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
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Mean People Ridiculous
Reason is not what decides love.
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Decision Love Reason
Malicious men may die, but malice never.
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Death Infidelity Malicious Man
A good husband be the best sort of plaster for to cure a young woman’s ailments.
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Goodness Husband Problem Woman Young
Anyone may be an honorable man, and yet write verse badly.
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Bad Honor Man Poet Writing
The great ambition of women is to inspire love.
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Ambition Greatness Love Woman
Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.
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Knowledge Known
Isn’t the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?
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Greatness Rule Simplicity
Human weakness is to desire to know what one does not want to know.
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Desire Human Known Oneself Weakness

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