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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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Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.
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Children Pain Pleasure
Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.
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Born Virtue
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
Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
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Attack Neighbor Room
Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.
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Couple Perfection Sense Sober Wisdom
Assassination’s the fastest way.
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Assassination Death Fast Murder Way
Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
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Direct Error Haste Reason
It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.
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Offend Public Secret Sin
The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
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Man Precise Smart
The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous.
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Appearance Attack Effect Laughter People Vice Way
Good Heavens! For more than forty years I have been speaking prose without knowing it.
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Goodness Heaven Known Myself Talk
Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.
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Control Grammar King
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
There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one’s work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor.
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Delight Honor Pleasure Reward
Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
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Human Live Love Powerful
To marry a fool is to be no fool.
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Fools Marriage

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