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The envious will die, but envy never.

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If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.
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Heart Integrity Virtue
I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.
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Hate Man Mean Oneself Vicious
If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
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Double Grief Increase Yourself
All the power is with the sex that wears the beard.
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Beard Discrimination Power Sex
Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue.
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Fashion Hypocrisy Pass Vice Virtue
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
Tobacco is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco is not worthy of living.
MOLIERE

Honest Live Man Passion Worth
The defects of human nature afford us opportunities of exercising our philosophy, the best employment of our virtues. If all men were righteous, all hearts true and frank and loyal, what use would our virtues be?
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Afford Best Employment Human Loyal Nature Opportunity Ourselves Virtue
Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.
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Esteem Meaning Preference
Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
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Beautiful Hook Intelligence
Even Rome cannot grant us a dispensation from death.
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Death Ourselves
All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.
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Dance Failure Greatness History Humanity Man Sick Skills Tragedy
Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.
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Human Myself
We are all mortals, and each is for himself.
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Himself Mortal
Long is the road from conception to completion.
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Complete Road
When there is enough to eat for eight, there is plenty for ten.
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Eat Enough Food

The envious will die, but envy never.

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