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Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to resemble them.

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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
I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.
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Myself Poet Trouble Writing
The world, dear Agnes, is a strange affair.
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Affair Strange World
The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.
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Dinner Food Genuine
There is something inexpressibly charming in falling in love and, surely, the whole pleasure lies in the fact that love isn’t lasting.
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Charm Expression Fact Lying
Frankly, it’s good enough to lock up in a drawer.
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Draw Enough Goodness
I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.
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Mistake Myself Proper Sincere
It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.
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Offend Public Secret Sin
Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
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Affection Beautiful Husband Wife
A woman always has her revenge ready.
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Herself Revenge Woman
There is no protection against slander.
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Protection
A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.
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Cure Husband Woman
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
A good husband be the best sort of plaster for to cure a young woman’s ailments.
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Goodness Husband Problem Woman Young
You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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Marriage Pleasure Thinking 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

Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to resemble them.

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