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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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Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
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Expensive Instrument Man Music Noise Opera
Innocence is not accustomed to blush.
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Blush Innocence One Liner
Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
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Book Expire Fame Famous Need Reading Virtue Worth
The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.
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Offend Silence Sin World
To marry a fool is to be no fool.
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Fools Marriage
What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.
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God Greatness Man Terrible Wicket
The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
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Absence Partner Relationship
I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.
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Assurance Education Illiterate Myself
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
Cover that bosom that I must not see: souls are wounded by such things.
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Time has nothing to do with the matter.
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You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.
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Death Time Yourself
In order to prove a friend to one’s guests, frugality must reign in one’s meals; and, according to an ancient saying, one must eat to live, not live to eat.
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No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it’s the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco lives a life not worth living.
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Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high hands makes them obey its laws.
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Grammar Hands Law Obedience

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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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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