The wit one aims at spoils the wit one has by nature. - Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset

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Not of their morals would I have men chatter;
A vice or a disgrace is no great matter;
All this is by the world forgotten quick;
Throw ridicule upon them, that will stick.

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A maiden's longing's a consuming fire;
A hundred times more fierce a nun's desire.

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L'esprit n'est jamais las d'écrire,
Lorsque le cœur est de moitié.

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