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New-born desires, after all, have inexplicable charms, and all the pleasure of love is in variety.

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The true touchstone of wit is the impromptu.
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Brilliance Touch True
It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.
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Love Season Thinking
No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it’s the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco lives a life not worth living.
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Drugs Equality Life Live Philosophy Worth
It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
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Improvement Mistake Try World
A woman always has her revenge ready.
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Herself Revenge Woman
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
Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
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Affection Beautiful Husband Wife
We always speak well when we manage to be understood.
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Manage Talk Understand
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
We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.
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Judgment Ourselves
Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
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Beautiful Hook Intelligence
We must take the good with the bad; For the good when it’s good, is so very good That the bad when it’s bad can’t be bad!
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Bad Goodness
A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.
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Fool Ignorance Learning
We are easily duped by those we love.
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Easy Heart Love
There is nothing so necessary for men as dancing.
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Dance Man Necessary
Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
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Attack Neighbor Room
Long is the road from conception to completion.
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Complete Road
People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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People Praise Season Swallow
True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
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Compromise Heaven Pleasure True
The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.
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Dinner Food Genuine
I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn’t speak a single word that doesn’t come straight from his heart.
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Heart Himself Man People Sincere Talk Word
You are a fool in four letters, my son.
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Fool Son Yourself
Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed.
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Heart Honor Man Noble Wound
Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
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Avoid Extreme Perfection Reason
Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!
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Desire Embrace Mercy People Satisfaction
It is madness beyond compare To try to reform the world.
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Beyond Compare Try World
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.
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Book Marvelous

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