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It is madness beyond compare To try to reform the world.

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There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to the criticism of the vulgar and ignorant.
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Artist Fate Fools Himself Ignorance Vulgar Work
It’s true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
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Finding Heaven Pleasure True
The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous.
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Appearance Attack Effect Laughter People Vice Way
People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
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Action Difference People Promise
People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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People Praise Season Swallow
Books and marriage go ill together.
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Book Marriage Sick
Even Rome cannot grant us a dispensation from death.
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Death Ourselves
The proof of true love is to be unsparing in criticism.
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Criticism Love Proof True
Music and dance are all you need.
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Dance Music Need
Birth is nothing where virtue is not.
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Born One Liner Virtue
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
Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.
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Culture Hope
Dom Juan believes neither in Heaven, nor the saints, nor God, nor the Werewolf.
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Believe God Heaven
One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
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Easy Fools Love Oneself
Everyone has a right to his own course of action.
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Direction Himself Right
Sharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.
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Honor Share

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