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All is wholesome in the absence of excess.

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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
It is a long road from conception to completion.
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Complete Concept Road
It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
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Improvement Mistake Try 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
At least it’s better to be married than to be dead.
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Better Death Marriage
They would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.
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Blind Clear Liberty Sight
The proof of true love is to be unsparing in criticism.
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Criticism Love Proof True
We must take the good with the bad; For the good when it’s good, is so very good That the bad when it’s bad can’t be bad!
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Bad Goodness
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 smallest errors are always the best.
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Best Error Small
Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn’t rule in love, you know.
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Day Love Reason Rule Yourself
Reasoning is the pastime of my whole household, and all this reasoning has driven out Reason.
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Drive Home Reason
I have the knack of easing scruples.
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Easy Myself
There’s nothing people can’t contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations.
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Age People Praise
The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
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Ancestor People Present
The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
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All is wholesome in the absence of excess.

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