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" Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing. "
Moliere
Must
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Nothing
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" True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise. "
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" It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found. "
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" One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others. "
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" I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper. "
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" He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure. "
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" Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error. "
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" 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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" Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion. "
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" It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right. "
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" People don't mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous. "
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" The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit. "
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" Ah! how annoying that the law doesn't allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts. "
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" People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything. "
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" Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same. "
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" Grammar, which knows how to control even kings. "
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" I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me. "
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" It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love. "
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" Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two. "
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" If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble. "
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" There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage. "
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" I have the knack of easing scruples. "
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" There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket. "
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" The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. "
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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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" Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood. "
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" As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt. "
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" Books and marriage go ill together. "
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" Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows. "
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" Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place. "
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" Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money. "
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