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It is good food and not fine words that keeps me alive.
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Alive Food Goodness Myself
We die only once, and for such a long time.
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Death Time
You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
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Peace Salvation Yourself
The public scandal is what constitutes the offence: sins sinned in secret are no sins at all.
MOLIERE

Offend Public Scandal Secret Sin
The proof of true love is to be unsparing in criticism.
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Criticism Love Proof True
Sharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.
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Honor Share
All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
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Perfection Quite Reason Sober Wisdom
If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
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Double Grief Increase Yourself
Gold makes the ugly beautiful.
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Beautiful Gold One Liner Ugly
It’s true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
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Finding Heaven Pleasure True
You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.
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Death Time Yourself
Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.
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Control Grammar King
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
You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.
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Civilization Essence People Young
Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
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Direct Error Haste Reason
Time has nothing to do with the matter.
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Substance Time

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