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We die only once, and for such a long time.

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Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.
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Culture Hope
One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
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Bad Oneself Poetry Writing
The smallest errors are always the best.
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Best Error Small
Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
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Affection Beautiful Husband Wife
Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.
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Control Grammar King
There is no secret of the heart which our actions do not disclose.
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Action Heart Ourselves Secret
Ah! how annoying that the law doesn’t allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts.
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Annoy Change Husband Law Woman
Assassination’s the fastest way.
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Assassination Death Fast Murder Way
Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
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Beautiful Hook Intelligence
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
There’s a sort of decency among the dead, a remarkable discretion: you never find them making any complaint against the doctor who killed them!
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Complaint Death Decent Doctor Kill Remark
If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
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Double Grief Increase Yourself
And knowing money is a root of evil, in Christian charity, he’d take away whatever things may hinder your salvation.
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Charity Known Money Yourself
The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous.
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Appearance Attack Effect Laughter People Vice Way
Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.
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Children Pain Pleasure
When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.
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Purpose Serve Understand

We die only once, and for such a long time.

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