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One cannot but mistrust a prospect of felicity: one must enjoy it before one can believe in it.

Moliere

You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.
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Death Time Yourself
There is no protection against slander.
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Protection
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
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Glory Greatness Hard Time Inspirational Obstacle
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
A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.
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Cure Husband Woman
I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.
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Hate Man Mean Oneself Vicious
The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
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Absence Partner Relationship
I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.
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Assurance Education Illiterate Myself
Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.
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Evidence Malicious Mouth Poison
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
In order to prove a friend to one’s guests, frugality must reign in one’s meals; and, according to an ancient saying, one must eat to live, not live to eat.
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Eat Evidence Food Guest Live Order
People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
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Mean People Ridiculous
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths. It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. A lover whose passion is extreme loves even the faults of the beloved.
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Cruelty Doubt Mistake Passion Truth Worst
It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.
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Love Season Thinking
All the satires of the stage should be viewed without discomfort. They are public mirrors, where we are never to admit that we see ourselves; one admits to a fault when one is scandalized by its censure.
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Discomfort Mirror Mistake Ourselves Public Stage View
One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
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Easy Fools Love Oneself

One cannot but mistrust a prospect of felicity: one must enjoy it before one can believe in it.

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