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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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New-born desires, after all, have inexplicable charms, and all the pleasure of love is in variety.
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Born Desire Love Pleasure Variety
You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.
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Civilization Essence People Young
All the power is with the sex that wears the beard.
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Beard Discrimination Power Sex
The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.
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Dinner Food Genuine
I might, by chance, write something just as shoddy; But then I wouldn’t show it to everybody.
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Chance Myself Show Writing
It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I’m right.
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Angry Right Wrong
The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
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Karma Secret
Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.
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Couple Perfection Sense Sober Wisdom
I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.
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Preference Vice Virtue
Every good act is charity. A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
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Act Charity Goodness Himself Man True Wealth
All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
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Perfection Quite Reason Sober Wisdom
Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
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Human Live Love Powerful
Malicious men may die, but malice never.
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Death Infidelity Malicious Man
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
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
With a smile we should instruct our youth.
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Instruction Smile Youth

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