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The envious will die, but envy never.

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A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
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Best Insult Man Patience Reply Wisdom
To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don’t succeed, at least pretend to.
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Act Best Blow Forget Pride Success
I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.
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Mistake Myself Proper Sincere
A good husband be the best sort of plaster for to cure a young woman’s ailments.
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Goodness Husband Problem Woman Young
The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
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Amuse Comedy Correct Men
Things are only worth what you make them worth.
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Value Worth Yourself
Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
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Human Live Love Powerful
Good Heavens! For more than forty years I have been speaking prose without knowing it.
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Goodness Heaven Known Myself Talk
To create a public scandal is what’s wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.
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Creation Private Sin Wicket
I find medicine is the best of all trades because whether you do any good or not you still. Get your money.
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Medicine Money Trade Yourself
Even Rome cannot grant us a dispensation from death.
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Death Ourselves
He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.
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Cook Food Himself World
Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
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Oneself Talk Word
It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.
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Offend Public Secret Sin
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
My fair one, let us swear an eternal friendship.
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Forever Friendship Myself

The envious will die, but envy never.

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