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It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.

Moliere

There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to the criticism of the vulgar and ignorant.
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Artist Fate Fools Himself Ignorance Vulgar Work
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
Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.
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Human Myself
It is good food and not fine words that keeps me alive.
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Alive Food Goodness Myself
One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
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Easy Fools Love Oneself
There is no rampart that will hold out against malice.
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Cheating Hold Infidelity
To live without loving is not really to live.
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Live Love Wasted
Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
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Avoid Extreme Perfection Reason
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
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End Soon
There is something inexpressibly charming in falling in love and, surely, the whole pleasure lies in the fact that love isn’t lasting.
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Charm Expression Fact Lying
I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.
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Preference Vice Virtue
One cannot but mistrust a prospect of felicity: one must enjoy it before one can believe in it.
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Believe Enjoyment Oneself Prospect Trust
All the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing.
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Dance Failure Greatness Leadership Skill
Ah, there are no children nowadays.
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Children Time
The road is long fro the project to its completion.
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Complete Project Road
Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.
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Culture Hope
Virtue is the first title of nobility.
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Nobility Virtue
Grammar, which can govern even Kings.
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Government Grammar King
Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
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Affection Beautiful Husband Wife
Gold makes the ugly beautiful.
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Beautiful Gold One Liner Ugly
We are all mortals, and each is for himself.
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Himself Mortal
Too great haste leads us to error.
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Error Greatness Haste
The public scandal is what constitutes the offence: sins sinned in secret are no sins at all.
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Offend Public Scandal Secret Sin
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.
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Book Marvelous
You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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Marriage Pleasure Thinking Yourself
Even Rome cannot grant us a dispensation from death.
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Death Ourselves
Sometimes I feel something akin to rage At the corrupted morals of this age!
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Age Feeling Moral Myself Time

It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.

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