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Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
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Oneself Talk Word
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.
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Book Marvelous
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores.
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Boredom Interest Myself Preference Vice Virtue
Nearly all men die of their medicines, not of their diseases.
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Death Man Medicine Sick
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
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Glory Greatness Hard Time Inspirational Obstacle
Love is often the fruit of marriage.
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Fruit Love Marriage
There is no rampart that will hold out against malice.
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Cheating Hold Infidelity
The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money.
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Love Maturity Money Process Writing
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
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
The only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for a living.
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Devil Live People Poor World Writing
Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
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Behavior Friendship Ridiculous
Two wives? That exceeds the custom.
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Marriage Rule Wife
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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Hate Man Mean Oneself Vicious
I believe that two and two are four and that four and four are eight.
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Believe Mathematics
Deference and intimacy live far apart.
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Intimacy Live
You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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Marriage Pleasure Thinking Yourself
How easy love makes fools of us.
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Easy Fools Love Ourselves
Cover that bosom that I must not see: souls are wounded by such things.
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Body Cover Soul Wound
It may cost me twenty thousand francs; but for twenty thousand francs, I will have the right to rail against the iniquity of humanity, and to devote to it my eternal hatred.
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Forever Hate Humanity Myself Price
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
Tobacco is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco is not worthy of living.
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Honest Live Man Passion Worth
People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
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Mean People Ridiculous
Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
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Book Expire Fame Famous Need Reading Virtue Worth
The true touchstone of wit is the impromptu.
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Brilliance Touch True
Dom Juan believes neither in Heaven, nor the saints, nor God, nor the Werewolf.
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Believe God Heaven
Long is the road from conception to completion.
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Complete Road

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