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And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says.

Moliere

I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn’t speak a single word that doesn’t come straight from his heart.
MOLIERE

Heart Himself Man People Sincere Talk Word
People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
MOLIERE

Mean People Ridiculous
Cover that bosom that I must not see: souls are wounded by such things.
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Body Cover Soul Wound
How easy love makes fools of us.
MOLIERE

Easy Fools Love Ourselves
Malicious men may die, but malice never.
MOLIERE

Death Infidelity Malicious Man
No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.
MOLIERE

Attention Best Innocence Live Pay Safety Talk Way World
It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.
MOLIERE

Offend Public Secret Sin
Without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death.
MOLIERE

Death Knowledge Life Shadow
All the satires of the stage should be viewed without discomfort. They are public mirrors, where we are never to admit that we see ourselves; one admits to a fault when one is scandalized by its censure.
MOLIERE

Discomfort Mirror Mistake Ourselves Public Stage View
I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.
MOLIERE

Hate Man Mean Oneself Vicious
One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.
MOLIERE

Goodness Oneself Thinking
The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
MOLIERE

Man Precise Smart
In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the changes in the current taste.
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Change Clothes Current Follow Man Taste
There’s nothing people can’t contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations.
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Age People Praise
Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
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Direct Error Haste Reason
Everyone has a right to his own course of action.
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Direction Himself Right

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