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The envious will die, but envy never.

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All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.
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Dance Failure Greatness History Humanity Man Sick Skills Tragedy
Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
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Beautiful Hook Intelligence
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
When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
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Goodness Modeling People Side
With a smile we should instruct our youth.
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Instruction Smile Youth
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
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Deserve Fortune Goodness Hope
I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.
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Hate Man Mean Oneself Vicious
Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.
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Couple Perfection Sense Sober Wisdom
I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.
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Preference Vice Virtue
The only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for a living.
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Devil Live People Poor World Writing
Things are only worth what you make them worth.
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Value Worth Yourself
We live under a prince who is an enemy to fraud, a prince whose eyes penetrate into the heart, and whom all the art of impostors can’t deceive.
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Enemy Heart Imposter Live
Then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust. The grave’s a fine and private place But none, I think, do there embrace.
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Embrace Honor Myself Place Preserve Worm
When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.
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Purpose Serve Understand
It is madness beyond compare To try to reform the world.
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Beyond Compare Try World
All the satires of the stage should be viewed without discomfort. They are public mirrors, where we are never to admit that we see ourselves; one admits to a fault when one is scandalized by its censure.
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Discomfort Mirror Mistake Ourselves Public Stage View

The envious will die, but envy never.

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