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Everything that’s prose isn’t verse and everything that isn’t verse is prose. Now you see what it is to be a scholar!

Moliere

Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
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Affection Beautiful Husband Wife
Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.
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Conquer Gold Love War
A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
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Home Lover Stand
As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
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Comedy Correct Man Myself Purpose Vice
The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
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Man Precise Smart
Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
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Avoid Extreme Perfection Reason
The defects of human nature afford us opportunities of exercising our philosophy, the best employment of our virtues. If all men were righteous, all hearts true and frank and loyal, what use would our virtues be?
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Afford Best Employment Human Loyal Nature Opportunity Ourselves Virtue
The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
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Amuse Comedy Correct Men
Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
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Human Live Love Powerful
You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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Marriage Pleasure Thinking Yourself
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
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Deserve Fortune Goodness Hope
Music and dance are all you need.
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Dance Music Need
Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
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Oneself Talk Word
We are all mortals, and each is for himself.
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Himself Mortal
The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
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Ancestor People Present
No reason makes it right To shun accepted ways from stubborn spite; And we may better join the foolish crowd Than cling to wisdom, lonely though unbowed.
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Acceptance Crowd Fools Reason Right Stubborn Way

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