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Frankly, it’s good enough to lock up in a drawer.

Moliere

Books and marriage go ill together.
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Book Marriage Sick
All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
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Perfection Quite Reason Sober Wisdom
unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.
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Boredom Happiness Hard Time
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
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.
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Book Marvelous
Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.
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Consistent Ridiculous Suitable
Ah, there are no longer any children!
MOLIERE

Children Growth One Liner
Malicious men may die, but malice never.
MOLIERE

Death Infidelity Malicious Man
To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don’t succeed, at least pretend to.
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Act Best Blow Forget Pride Success
If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.
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Heart Integrity Virtue
You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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Marriage Pleasure Thinking Yourself
To inspire love is a woman’s greatest ambition, believe me. It’s the one thing woman care about and there’s no woman so proud that she does not rejoice at heart in her conquests.
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Ambition Greatness Heart Herself Love Woman
I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn’t speak a single word that doesn’t come straight from his heart.
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Heart Himself Man People Sincere Talk Word
It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
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Improvement Mistake Try World
It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
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Action Responsibility Silence
Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
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Human Live Love Powerful

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