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One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.

Moliere

There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to the criticism of the vulgar and ignorant.
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Artist Fate Fools Himself Ignorance Vulgar Work
No reason makes it right To shun accepted ways from stubborn spite; And we may better join the foolish crowd Than cling to wisdom, lonely though unbowed.
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Acceptance Crowd Fools Reason Right Stubborn Way
The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
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Man Precise Smart
Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.
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Age Solitude Soul
Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.
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Born Virtue
The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.
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Friendship Love Purity
It’s an odd job, making decent people laugh.
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Job Laughter People
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
One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
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Easy Fools Love Oneself
Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
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Avoid Extreme Perfection Reason
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
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
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths. It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. A lover whose passion is extreme loves even the faults of the beloved.
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Cruelty Doubt Mistake Passion Truth Worst
There is no secret of the heart which our actions do not disclose.
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Action Heart Ourselves Secret
The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
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Karma Secret
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

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