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Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn’t rule in love, you know.

Moliere

The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money.
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Love Maturity Money Process Writing
The only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for a living.
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Devil Live People Poor World Writing
I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.
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Hate Man Mean Oneself Vicious
One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
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Bad Oneself Poetry Writing
Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.
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Evidence Malicious Mouth Poison
You are a fool in four letters, my son.
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Fool Son Yourself
I might, by chance, write something just as shoddy; But then I wouldn’t show it to everybody.
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Chance Myself Show Writing
I maintain, in truth, That with a smile we should instruct our youth, Be very gentle when we have to blame, And not put them in fear of virtue’s name.
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Blame Maintain Name Smile Truth Virtue
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
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End Soon
The smallest errors are always the best.
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Best Error Small
Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.
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Assurance Creature Weird Yourself
Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
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Avoid Extreme Perfection Reason
You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
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Peace Salvation Yourself
People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
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Mean People Ridiculous
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
People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
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Action Difference People Promise

Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn’t rule in love, you know.

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