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Heaven forbids, it is true, certain gratifications, but there are ways and means of compounding such matters.

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Books and marriage go ill together.
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Book Marriage Sick
Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
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Beautiful Hook Intelligence
Malicious men may die, but malice never.
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Death Infidelity Malicious Man
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
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Love Money Prostitution Writing Yourself
People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
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Action Difference People Promise
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
And knowing money is a root of evil, in Christian charity, he’d take away whatever things may hinder your salvation.
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Charity Known Money Yourself
It’s true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
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Finding Heaven Pleasure True
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores.
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Boredom Interest Myself Preference Vice Virtue
Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.
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Culture Hope
There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket.
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Pocket Praise Sort Yourself
There is something inexpressibly charming in falling in love and, surely, the whole pleasure lies in the fact that love isn’t lasting.
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Charm Expression Fact Lying
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
Time has nothing to do with the matter.
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Substance Time
Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.
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Couple Perfection Sense Sober Wisdom
Most people die from the remedy rather than from the illness.
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Death People Remedy Sick

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