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Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.

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Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
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Love Money Prostitution Writing Yourself
Birth is nothing where virtue is not.
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Born One Liner Virtue
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
Virtue is the first title of nobility.
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Nobility Virtue
New-born desires, after all, have inexplicable charms, and all the pleasure of love is in variety.
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Born Desire Love Pleasure Variety
It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I’m right.
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Angry Right Wrong
Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
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Oneself Talk Word
How easily a fathers tenderness is recalled, and how quickly a son’s offenses vanish at the slightest word of repentance!
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Easy Father Regret Son Vanish
One easily bears moral reproof, but never mockery.
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Easy Humour Moral
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
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
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Glory Greatness Hard Time Inspirational Obstacle
Two wives? That exceeds the custom.
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Marriage Rule Wife
Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.
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Human Myself
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
Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.
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Knowledge Known

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