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People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.

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If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.
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Heart Integrity Virtue
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
The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.
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Offend Silence Sin World
He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.
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Follow Lesson Peace Taste
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
Everyone has a right to his own course of action.
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Direction Himself Right
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
It is good food and not fine words that keeps me alive.
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Alive Food Goodness Myself
It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
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Improvement Mistake Try World
Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
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Behavior Friendship Ridiculous
There’s a sort of decency among the dead, a remarkable discretion: you never find them making any complaint against the doctor who killed them!
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Complaint Death Decent Doctor Kill Remark
It is a long road from conception to completion.
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Complete Concept Road
Every good act is charity. A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
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Act Charity Goodness Himself Man True Wealth
Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
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Expensive Instrument Man Music Noise Opera
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
People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
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Mean People Ridiculous

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