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Don’t appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.

Moliere

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
Every good act is charity. A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
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Act Charity Goodness Himself Man True Wealth
A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.
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Cure Husband Woman
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
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
Isn’t the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?
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Greatness Rule Simplicity
Grammar, which can govern even Kings.
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Government Grammar King
No matter what everybody says, ultimately these things can harm us only by the way we react to them.
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Harm Ourselves Reaction Ultimate
Don’t appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
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Appearance Humanity Prayer Talk Understand
Ah, there are no longer any children!
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Children Growth One Liner
The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
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Amuse Comedy Correct Men
When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
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Goodness Modeling People Side
It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.
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Offend Public Secret Sin
The envious will die, but envy never.
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Deep Jealous People
Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.
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Evidence Malicious Mouth Poison
You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.
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Civilization Essence People Young

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