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unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.

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I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.
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Myself Poet Trouble Writing
Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.
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Human Myself
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
And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says.
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Himself Spiritual
The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.
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Dinner Food Genuine
In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.
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Blame Goodness Need Society Virtue
Without dance, a man can do nothing.
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Dance Man One Liner
One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.
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Goodness Oneself Thinking
Isn’t the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?
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Greatness Rule Simplicity
One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
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Easy Fools Love Oneself
Frankly, it’s good enough to lock up in a drawer.
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Draw Enough Goodness
I might, by chance, write something just as shoddy; But then I wouldn’t show it to everybody.
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Chance Myself Show Writing
True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
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Compromise Heaven Pleasure True
unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.
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Boredom Happiness Hard Time
Betrayed and wronged in everything, I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king, And seek some spot unpeopled and apart Where I’ll be free to have an honest heart.
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Betrayal Bitter Heart Honesty Seek Vice World Wrong
A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.
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Fool Ignorance Learning

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