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I might, by chance, write something just as shoddy; But then I wouldn’t show it to everybody.

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Age brings about everything; but it is not the time, Madam, as we know, to be a prude at twenty.
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Age Madam Time
Man’s greatest weakness is his love for life.
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Greatness Life Love Man Weakness
Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
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Human Live Love Powerful
Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
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Behavior Friendship Ridiculous
Assassination’s the fastest way.
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Assassination Death Fast Murder Way
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
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Deserve Fortune Goodness Hope
All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
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Perfection Quite Reason Sober Wisdom
The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.
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Offend Silence Sin World
If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.
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Heart Integrity Virtue
When there is enough to eat for eight, there is plenty for ten.
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Eat Enough Food
Without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death.
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Death Knowledge Life Shadow
In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the changes in the current taste.
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Change Clothes Current Follow Man Taste
Too great haste leads us to error.
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Error Greatness Haste
Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
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Avoid Extreme Perfection Reason
People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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People Praise Season Swallow
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

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