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Malicious men may die, but malice never.

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Ah! how annoying that the law doesn’t allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts.
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Annoy Change Husband Law Woman
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
It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
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Improvement Mistake Try World
People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
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Mean People Ridiculous
I find medicine is the best of all trades because whether you do any good or not you still. Get your money.
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Medicine Money Trade Yourself
It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.
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Offend Public Secret Sin
Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.
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Culture Hope
People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
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Action Difference People Promise
You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.
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Death Time Yourself
Books and marriage go ill together.
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Book Marriage Sick
Grammar, which can govern even Kings.
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Government Grammar King
Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.
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Born Virtue
He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.
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Cook Food Himself World
We always speak well when we manage to be understood.
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Manage Talk Understand
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
Two wives? That exceeds the custom.
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Marriage Rule Wife

Malicious men may die, but malice never.

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