Consider, that no jewel upon earth is comparable to a woman of virtue and honor; and, that the honor of the sex consists in the fair characters they maintain.

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All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections.

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Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

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There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.

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He is most blessed who loves the most, the freest who is most enslaved by love,

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The fault lies not with the mob, who demands nonsense, but with those who do not know how to produce anything else.

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Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.

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Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.

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The cleverest character in comedy is the clown, for he who would make people take him for a fool, must not be one.

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He most perceptive character in a play is the fool, because the man who wishes to seem simple cannot possibly be a simpleton.

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