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Man’s greatest weakness is his love for life.
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Greatness Life Love Man Weakness
It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
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Action Responsibility Silence
No reason makes it right To shun accepted ways from stubborn spite; And we may better join the foolish crowd Than cling to wisdom, lonely though unbowed.
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Acceptance Crowd Fools Reason Right Stubborn Way
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
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Love Money Prostitution Writing Yourself
Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high hands makes them obey its laws.
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Grammar Hands Law Obedience
There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.
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Courage Pity Pretend
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.
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Cruelty Doubt Truth Worst
They would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.
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Blind Clear Liberty Sight
One easily bears moral reproof, but never mockery.
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Easy Humour Moral
In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.
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Blame Goodness Need Society Virtue
Things are only worth what you make them worth.
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Value Worth Yourself
The envious will die, but envy never.
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Death Jealous Willing
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
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Glory Greatness Hard Time Inspirational Obstacle
As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
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Comedy Correct Man Myself Purpose Vice
It’s an odd job, making decent people laugh.
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Job Laughter People
Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
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Behavior Friendship Ridiculous

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