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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.

Moliere

There is something inexpressibly charming in falling in love and, surely, the whole pleasure lies in the fact that love isn’t lasting.
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Charm Expression Fact Lying
The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
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Karma Secret
People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.
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Future Live People Wasted Time Worry
We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.
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Judgment Ourselves
As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
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Comedy Correct Man Myself Purpose Vice
Nearly all men die of their medicines, not of their diseases.
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Death Man Medicine Sick
I recover my property wherever I find it.
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Finding Myself Property Recover
Ah, there are no longer any children!
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Children Growth One Liner
A woman always has her revenge ready.
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Herself Revenge Woman
Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
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Behavior Friendship Ridiculous
How strange it is to see with how much passion People see things only in their own fashion!
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Fashion Passion People See Strange
The road is long fro the project to its completion.
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Complete Project Road
There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.
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Courage Pity Pretend
Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
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Avoid Extreme Perfection Reason
The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
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Amuse Comedy Correct Men
The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
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Ancestor People Present

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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