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We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.

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Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
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Beautiful Hook Intelligence
Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
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Expensive Instrument Man Music Noise Opera
Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
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Affection Beautiful Husband Wife
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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Blame Maintain Name Smile Truth Virtue
Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high hands makes them obey its laws.
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Grammar Hands Law Obedience
I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.
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Preference Vice Virtue
Reason is not what decides love.
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Decision Love Reason
The only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for a living.
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Devil Live People Poor World Writing
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
Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.
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Culture Hope
It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
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Improvement Mistake Try World
The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.
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Dinner Food Genuine
The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.
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Friendship Love Purity
To inspire love is a woman’s greatest ambition, believe me. It’s the one thing woman care about and there’s no woman so proud that she does not rejoice at heart in her conquests.
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Ambition Greatness Heart Herself Love Woman
When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
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Goodness Modeling People Side

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