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

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I live on good soup, not on fine words.
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Fine Goodness Live Soup Word
When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.
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Purpose Serve Understand
Anyone may be an honorable man, and yet write verse badly.
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Bad Honor Man Poet Writing
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
unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.
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Boredom Happiness Hard Time
I maintain, in truth, That with a smile we should instruct our youth, Be very gentle when we have to blame, And not put them in fear of virtue’s name.
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Blame Maintain Name Smile Truth Virtue
We die only once, and for such a long time.
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Death Time
All right-minded people adore it; and anyone who is able to live without it is unworthy to draw breathe
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Breathe Draw Mindset People Right
Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.
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Knowledge Known
The envious will die, but envy never.
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Death Jealous Willing
Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
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Affection Beautiful Husband Wife
Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.
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Right True Zeal
Don’t appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
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Appearance Humanity Prayer Talk Understand
You are a fool in four letters, my son.
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Fool Son Yourself
It’s an odd job, making decent people laugh.
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Job Laughter People
Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.
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Better Greatness Place World

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

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