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Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.

Moliere

Anyone may be an honorable man, and yet write verse badly.
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Bad Honor Man Poet Writing
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
One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.
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Goodness Oneself Thinking
People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
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Mean People Ridiculous
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
Our minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play.
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Mindset Need Play Work
If you make yourself understood, you’re always speaking well.
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Talk Understand Well Yourself
He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.
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Follow Lesson Peace Taste
The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
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Amuse Comedy Correct Men
One cannot but mistrust a prospect of felicity: one must enjoy it before one can believe in it.
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Believe Enjoyment Oneself Prospect Trust
Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.
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Evidence Malicious Mouth Poison
The more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; and the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue.
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Difficult Obstacle Powerful Virtue
Don’t appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
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Appearance Humanity Prayer Talk Understand
The envious will die, but envy never.
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Deep Jealous People
We are all mortals, and each is for himself.
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Himself Mortal
You have but to hold forth in cap and gown, and any gibberish becomes learning, all nonsense passes for sense.
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Learning Nonsense

Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.

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