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

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Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.
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Conquer Gold Love War
I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.
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Mistake Myself Proper Sincere
We live under a prince who is an enemy to fraud, a prince whose eyes penetrate into the heart, and whom all the art of impostors can’t deceive.
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Enemy Heart Imposter Live
We must take the good with the bad; For the good when it’s good, is so very good That the bad when it’s bad can’t be bad!
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Bad Goodness
The more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; and the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue.
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Difficult Obstacle Powerful Virtue
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.
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Book Marvelous
The true touchstone of wit is the impromptu.
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Brilliance Touch True
Birth is nothing where virtue is not.
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Born One Liner Virtue
You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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Marriage Pleasure Thinking 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
True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
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Compromise Heaven Pleasure True
We are all mortals, and each is for himself.
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Himself Mortal
Everyone has a right to his own course of action.
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Direction Himself Right
Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.
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Haste Man Marriage Regret
He must have killed a lot of men to have made so much money.
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Himself Kill Money
Love is often the fruit of marriage.
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Fruit Love Marriage

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