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All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.

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There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket.
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Pocket Praise Sort Yourself
Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
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Expensive Instrument Man Music Noise Opera
If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
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Double Grief Increase Yourself
Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.
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Evidence Malicious Mouth Poison
Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn’t rule in love, you know.
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Day Love Reason Rule 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
One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.
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Goodness Oneself Thinking
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
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Fruit Growth Slow Tree
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
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Deserve Fortune Goodness Hope
Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!
MOLIERE

Desire Embrace Mercy People Satisfaction
Betrayed and wronged in everything, I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king, And seek some spot unpeopled and apart Where I’ll be free to have an honest heart.
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Betrayal Bitter Heart Honesty Seek Vice World Wrong
I would like to be like my father and all the rest of my ancestors who never married.
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Ancestor Father Marriage Myself
The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.
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Dinner Food Genuine
You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.
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Death Time Yourself
True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
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Compromise Heaven Pleasure True
I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.
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Assurance Education Illiterate Myself

All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.

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