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The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.

Moliere

Love is often the fruit of marriage.
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Fruit Love Marriage
I recover my property wherever I find it.
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Finding Myself Property Recover
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
Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.
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Right True Zeal
The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
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Absence Partner Relationship
Long is the road from conception to completion.
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Complete Road
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
I have the knack of easing scruples.
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Easy Myself
The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
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Ancestor People Present
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
In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.
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Blame Goodness Need Society Virtue
Everyone has a right to his own course of action.
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Direction Himself Right
Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
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Esteem Hold Preference
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
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
To marry a fool is to be no fool.
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Fools Marriage

The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.

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