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There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to the criticism of the vulgar and ignorant.

Moliere

I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.
MOLIERE

Friendship Man Myself Truth
New-born desires, after all, have inexplicable charms, and all the pleasure of love is in variety.
MOLIERE

Born Desire Love Pleasure Variety
I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.
MOLIERE

Assurance Education Illiterate Myself
There’s nothing people can’t contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations.
MOLIERE

Age People Praise
Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.
MOLIERE

Human Myself
The public scandal is what constitutes the offence: sins sinned in secret are no sins at all.
MOLIERE

Offend Public Scandal Secret Sin
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.
MOLIERE

Book Marvelous
There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.
MOLIERE

Courage Pity Pretend
I find medicine is the best of all trades because whether you do any good or not you still. Get your money.
MOLIERE

Medicine Money Trade Yourself
The world, dear Agnes, is a strange affair.
MOLIERE

Affair Strange World
Music and dance are all you need.
MOLIERE

Dance Music Need
unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.
MOLIERE

Boredom Happiness Hard Time
All the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing.
MOLIERE

Dance Failure Greatness Leadership Skill
Things are only worth what you make them worth.
MOLIERE

Value Worth Yourself
You are a fool in four letters, my son.
MOLIERE

Fool Son Yourself
What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.
MOLIERE

God Greatness Man Terrible Wicket

There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to the criticism of the vulgar and ignorant.

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