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I believe that two and two are four and that four and four are eight.

Moliere

Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
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Oneself Talk Word
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
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Glory Greatness Hard Time Inspirational Obstacle
What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.
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God Greatness Man Terrible Wicket
Cover that bosom that I must not see: souls are wounded by such things.
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Body Cover Soul Wound
Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.
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Assurance Creature Weird Yourself
Books and marriage go ill together.
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Book Marriage Sick
He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.
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Cook Food Himself World
It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
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Improvement Mistake Try World
There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket.
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Pocket Praise Sort Yourself
No reason makes it right To shun accepted ways from stubborn spite; And we may better join the foolish crowd Than cling to wisdom, lonely though unbowed.
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Acceptance Crowd Fools Reason Right Stubborn Way
New-born desires, after all, have inexplicable charms, and all the pleasure of love is in variety.
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Born Desire Love Pleasure Variety
Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.
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Man Myself
Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.
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Esteem Meaning Preference
All is wholesome in the absence of excess.
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Absence Minimalism
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
There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one’s work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor.
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Delight Honor Pleasure Reward

I believe that two and two are four and that four and four are eight.

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