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Malicious men may die, but malice never.

Moliere

It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don’t want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.
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Desire Ignorance Learning Myself Question Woman
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
The envious will die, but envy never.
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Deep Jealous People
Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.
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Knowledge Known
Reason is not what decides love.
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Decision Love Reason
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
Deference and intimacy live far apart.
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Intimacy Live
Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.
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Born Virtue
At least it’s better to be married than to be dead.
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Better Death Marriage
Long is the road from conception to completion.
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Complete Road
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
There’s a sort of decency among the dead, a remarkable discretion: you never find them making any complaint against the doctor who killed them!
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Complaint Death Decent Doctor Kill Remark
Sharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.
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Honor Share
Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.
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Man Myself
Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.
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Consistent Ridiculous Suitable
A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.
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Fool Ignorance Learning

Malicious men may die, but malice never.

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