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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.

Moliere

Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.
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Couple Perfection Sense Sober Wisdom
There’s nothing quite like tobacco: it’s the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn’t deserve to live.
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Deserve Drugs Live Passion Quite
It’s an odd job, making decent people laugh.
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Job Laughter People
Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.
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Children Pain Pleasure
Too great haste leads us to error.
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Error Greatness Haste
A good husband be the best sort of plaster for to cure a young woman’s ailments.
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Goodness Husband Problem Woman Young
It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
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Improvement Mistake Try World
It is a long road from conception to completion.
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Complete Concept Road
Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.
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Fortune Friendship Goodness Greatness Possession
The true touchstone of wit is the impromptu.
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Brilliance Touch True
The proof of true love is to be unsparing in criticism.
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Criticism Love Proof True
There is no protection against slander.
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Protection
He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.
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Follow Lesson Peace Taste
The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
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Amuse Comedy Correct Men
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
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 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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