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I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.

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The defects of human nature afford us opportunities of exercising our philosophy, the best employment of our virtues. If all men were righteous, all hearts true and frank and loyal, what use would our virtues be?
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Afford Best Employment Human Loyal Nature Opportunity Ourselves Virtue
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
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Deserve Fortune Goodness Hope
All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
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Perfection Quite Reason Sober Wisdom
True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
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Compromise Heaven Pleasure True
Long is the road from conception to completion.
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Complete Road
Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.
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Greatness Love Master Teaching
Sometimes I feel something akin to rage At the corrupted morals of this age!
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Age Feeling Moral Myself Time
The great ambition of women is to inspire love.
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Ambition Greatness Love Woman
The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
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Amuse Comedy Correct Men
How easy love makes fools of us.
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Easy Fools Love Ourselves
It’s an odd job, making decent people laugh.
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Job Laughter People
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
Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.
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Perfection Reason Sober Wisdom
The more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; and the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue.
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Difficult Obstacle Powerful Virtue
Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
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Expensive Instrument Man Music Noise Opera
All is wholesome in the absence of excess.
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Absence Minimalism

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