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All is wholesome in the absence of excess.

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He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.
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Cook Food Himself World
Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to resemble them.
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Ancestor Born Glorious Virtue
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
It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.
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Offend Public Secret Sin
A good husband be the best sort of plaster for to cure a young woman’s ailments.
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Goodness Husband Problem Woman Young
My heavens! I’ve been talking prose for the last forty years without knowing it.
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Heaven Known Talk
I find medicine is the best of all trades because whether you do any good or not you still. Get your money.
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Medicine Money Trade Yourself
The only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for a living.
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Devil Live People Poor World Writing
You are a fool in four letters, my son.
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Fool Son Yourself
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
No matter what everybody says, ultimately these things can harm us only by the way we react to them.
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Harm Ourselves Reaction Ultimate
I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.
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Friendship Man Myself Truth
Birth is nothing where virtue is not.
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Born One Liner Virtue
I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.
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Myself Poet Trouble Writing
The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money.
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Love Maturity Money Process Writing
The great ambition of women is to inspire love.
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Ambition Greatness Love Woman

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