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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.

Moliere

Nearly all men die of their medicines, not of their diseases.
MOLIERE

Death Man Medicine Sick
Good Heavens! For more than forty years I have been speaking prose without knowing it.
MOLIERE

Goodness Heaven Known Myself Talk
Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to resemble them.
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Ancestor Born Glorious Virtue
There is no rampart that will hold out against malice.
MOLIERE

Cheating Hold Infidelity
To create a public scandal is what’s wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.
MOLIERE

Creation Private Sin Wicket
Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
MOLIERE

Expensive Instrument Man Music Noise Opera
One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.
MOLIERE

Goodness Oneself Thinking
When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
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Goodness Modeling People Side
Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.
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Knowledge Known
Ah, there are no longer any children!
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Children Growth One Liner
My heavens! I’ve been talking prose for the last forty years without knowing it.
MOLIERE

Heaven Known Talk
Cultivated people should be superior to any consideration so sordid as a mercenary interest.
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Cultivation Interest People
Two wives? That exceeds the custom.
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Marriage Rule Wife
Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
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Beautiful Hook Intelligence
All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.
MOLIERE

Dance Failure Greatness History Humanity Man Sick Skills Tragedy
I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.
MOLIERE

Preference Vice Virtue

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