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He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.

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People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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People Praise Season Swallow
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
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Glory Greatness Hard Time Inspirational Obstacle
Age brings about everything; but it is not the time, Madam, as we know, to be a prude at twenty.
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Age Madam Time
It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don’t want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.
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Desire Ignorance Learning Myself Question Woman
People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.
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Learning People Quality
But it is not reason that governs love.
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Government Love Reason
Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.
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Born Virtue
Birth is nothing where virtue is not.
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Born One Liner Virtue
I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.
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Assurance Education Illiterate Myself
Man’s greatest weakness is his love for life.
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Greatness Life Love Man Weakness
Frankly, it’s good enough to lock up in a drawer.
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Draw Enough Goodness
One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.
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Goodness Oneself Thinking
It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.
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Love Season Thinking
Betrayed and wronged in everything, I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king, And seek some spot unpeopled and apart Where I’ll be free to have an honest heart.
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Betrayal Bitter Heart Honesty Seek Vice World Wrong
The smallest errors are always the best.
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Best Errors Small
The envious will die, but envy never.
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Death Jealous Willing

He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.

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