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

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One should eat to live, not live to eat.
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Eat Live Oneself
With a smile we should instruct our youth.
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Instruction Smile Youth
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
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Glory Greatness Hard Time Inspirational Obstacle
The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
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Man Precise Smart
The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.
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Friendship Love Purity
People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
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Mean People Ridiculous
Its as if you think you’d never find Reason and the Sacred intertwined.
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Reason Sacred Thinking
As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
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Comedy Correct Man Myself Purpose Vice
It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.
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Offend Public Secret Sin
The great ambition of women is to inspire love.
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Ambition Greatness Love Woman
Nearly all men die of their medicines, not of their diseases.
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Death Man Medicine Sick
There is nothing so necessary for men as dancing.
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Dance Man Necessary
The envious will die, but envy never.
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Death Jealous Willing
There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one’s work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor.
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Delight Honor Pleasure Reward
One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
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Bad Oneself Poetry Writing
Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
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Book Expire Fame Famous Need Reading Virtue Worth

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