"I have the knack of easing scruples."
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"I have the knack of easing scruples."
"Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue."
"We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others."
"Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war."
"Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths."
"One should eat to live, not live to eat."
"My fair one, let us swear an eternal friendship."
"The proof of true love is to be unsparing in criticism."
"Gold makes the ugly beautiful."
"People don't mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous."
"At least it's better to be married than to be dead."
"Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn't rule in love, you know."
"Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors."
"A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house."
"There is no secret of the heart which our actions do not disclose."
"People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything."
"According to the saying of an ancient philosopher, one should eat to live, and not live to eat"
"It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world."
"When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides."
"Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone."