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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
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Cure Mad Madness Men Thinking
No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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Burn Neighbor Opinion Worth
It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
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Brother Individual Man Monster Opinion Philosophy
Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.
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Book People Quantity Reading Stupidity Vulgar
Perfect is the enemy of good.
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Deep Enemy Goodness One Liner Perfection
There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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Change Men One Liner Situation Time Truth
Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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Guilty Man One Liner Sad Struggle
I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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Lion Myself Obey Rat Species Strong
Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
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Amusement Dance Harm Reading World
Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Dwell Harm Life Misfortune Power Thorn
Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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Enjoyment Freedom Privilege Thinking Yourself
The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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Bore One Liner Secret Silence Talker
Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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Ending Money Thinking
When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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Funny Human Nature Humour Money Religion
Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
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Acceptance Alone Decide Game Life Player
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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Amuse Art Disease Medicine Nature Patient

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