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I maintain, in truth, That with a smile we should instruct our youth, Be very gentle when we have to blame, And not put them in fear of virtue’s name.

Moliere

People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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People Praise Season Swallow
How easy love makes fools of us.
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Easy Fools Love Ourselves
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
Music and dance are all you need.
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Dance Music Need
Man’s greatest weakness is his love for life.
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Greatness Life Love Man Weakness
Anyone may be an honorable man, and yet write verse badly.
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Bad Honor Man Poet Writing
Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
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Attack Neighbor Room
There is no protection against slander.
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Protection
You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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Marriage Pleasure Thinking Yourself
If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
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Double Grief Increase Yourself
The envious will die, but envy never.
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Deep Jealous People
The road is long fro the project to its completion.
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Complete Project Road
Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
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Avoid Extreme Perfection Reason
When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.
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Purpose Serve Understand
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
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

I maintain, in truth, That with a smile we should instruct our youth, Be very gentle when we have to blame, And not put them in fear of virtue’s name.

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I maintain, in truth, That with a smile we should instruct our youth, Be very gentle when we have to blame, And not put them in fear of virtue’s name.

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