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Anyone may be an honorable man, and yet write verse badly.

Moliere

A woman always has her revenge ready.
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Herself Revenge Woman
Love is often the fruit of marriage.
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Fruit Love Marriage
I will maintain it before the whole world.
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Maintain Myself World
At least it’s better to be married than to be dead.
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Better Death Marriage
You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
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Peace Salvation Yourself
Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn’t rule in love, you know.
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Day Love Reason Rule Yourself
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
Cultivated people should be superior to any consideration so sordid as a mercenary interest.
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Cultivation Interest People
Human weakness is to desire to know what one does not want to know.
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Desire Human Known Oneself Weakness
Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
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Avoid Extreme Perfection Reason
It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
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Action Responsibility Silence
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
But it is not reason that governs love.
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Government Love Reason
A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.
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Fool Ignorance Learning
You have but to hold forth in cap and gown, and any gibberish becomes learning, all nonsense passes for sense.
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Learning Nonsense
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

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