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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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It is madness beyond compare To try to reform the world.
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Beyond Compare Try World
Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
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Affection Beautiful Husband Wife
We die only once, and for such a long time.
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Death Time
The smallest errors are always the best.
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Best Error Small
That must be fine, for I don’t understand a word.
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Fine Myself Understand Word
What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.
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God Greatness Man Terrible Wicket
Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
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Oneself Talk Word
The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.
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Offend Silence Sin World
To create a public scandal is what’s wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.
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Creation Private Sin Wicket
I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.
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Preference Vice Virtue
There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one’s work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor.
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Delight Honor Pleasure Reward
No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.
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Attention Best Innocence Live Pay Safety Talk Way World
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
The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.
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Advantage Advice Annoy Art Greatness Yourself
There’s nothing people can’t contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations.
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Age People Praise
All is wholesome in the absence of excess.
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Absence Minimalism

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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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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