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

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The public scandal is what constitutes the offence: sins sinned in secret are no sins at all.
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Offend Public Scandal Secret Sin
We die only once, and for such a long time.
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Death Time
Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.
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Haste Man Marriage Regret
We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.
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Judgment Ourselves
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
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End Soon
Things are only worth what you make them worth.
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Value Worth Yourself
Birth is nothing where virtue is not.
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Born One Liner Virtue
Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.
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Man Myself
One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.
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Goodness Oneself Thinking
Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.
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Better Greatness Place World
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
In order to prove a friend to one’s guests, frugality must reign in one’s meals; and, according to an ancient saying, one must eat to live, not live to eat.
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Eat Evidence Food Guest Live Order
When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
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Goodness Modeling People Side
You have but to hold forth in cap and gown, and any gibberish becomes learning, all nonsense passes for sense.
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Learning Nonsense
Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
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Direct Error Haste Reason
There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.
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Courage Pity Pretend
My heavens! I’ve been talking prose for the last forty years without knowing it.
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Heaven Known Talk
Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.
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Consistent Ridiculous Suitable
Don’t appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
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Appearance Humanity Prayer Talk Understand
It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
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Improvement Mistake Try World
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
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Fruit Growth Slow Tree
I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.
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Preference Vice Virtue
The envious will die, but envy never.
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Deep Jealous People
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 great ambition of women is to inspire love.
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Ambition Greatness Love Woman
Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.
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Perfection Reason Sober Wisdom
You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.
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Death Time Yourself

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

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