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Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.

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Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high hands makes them obey its laws.
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Grammar Hands Law Obedience
People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
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Mean People Ridiculous
Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.
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Assurance Creature Weird Yourself
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
Music and dance are all you need.
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Dance Music Need
Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.
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Better Greatness Place World
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
There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.
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Courage Pity Pretend
Ah, there are no children nowadays.
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Children Time
To live without loving is not really to live.
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Live Love Wasted
If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
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Double Grief Increase Yourself
It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don’t want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.
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Desire Ignorance Learning Myself Question Woman
The more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; and the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue.
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Difficult Obstacle Powerful Virtue
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
When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
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Goodness Modeling People Side
The road is long fro the project to its completion.
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Complete Project Road

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