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Marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank.
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A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were.
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If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction.
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The giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?
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We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.
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He who tip-toes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk.
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Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do.
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Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.
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A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there are people who may be useful in bettering his position.
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A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.
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A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably.
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We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed.
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Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us.
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We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all.
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