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To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don’t succeed, at least pretend to.

Moliere

It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.
MOLIERE

Love Season Thinking
The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money.
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Love Maturity Money Process Writing
Every good act is charity. A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
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Act Charity Goodness Himself Man True Wealth
Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.
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Age Solitude Soul
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.
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Cruelty Doubt Truth Worst
The public scandal is what constitutes the offence: sins sinned in secret are no sins at all.
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Offend Public Scandal Secret Sin
Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn’t rule in love, you know.
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Day Love Reason Rule Yourself
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths. It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. A lover whose passion is extreme loves even the faults of the beloved.
MOLIERE

Cruelty Doubt Mistake Passion Truth Worst
In order to prove a friend to one’s guests, frugality must reign in one’s meals; and, according to an ancient saying, one must eat to live, not live to eat.
MOLIERE

Eat Evidence Food Guest Live Order
You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
MOLIERE

Marriage Pleasure Thinking Yourself
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
MOLIERE

Love Money Prostitution Writing Yourself
It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I’m right.
MOLIERE

Angry Right Wrong
The defects of human nature afford us opportunities of exercising our philosophy, the best employment of our virtues. If all men were righteous, all hearts true and frank and loyal, what use would our virtues be?
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Afford Best Employment Human Loyal Nature Opportunity Ourselves Virtue
Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
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Avoid Extreme Perfection Reason
Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.
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Greatness Love Master Teaching
A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
MOLIERE

Home Lover Stand

To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don’t succeed, at least pretend to.

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To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don’t succeed, at least pretend to.

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