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If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.

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I live on good soup, not on fine words.
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Fine Goodness Live Soup Word
One easily bears moral reproof, but never mockery.
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Easy Humour Moral
Isn’t the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?
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Greatness Rule Simplicity
A woman always has her revenge ready.
MOLIERE

Herself Revenge Woman
It’s true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
MOLIERE

Finding Heaven Pleasure True
Without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death.
MOLIERE

Death Knowledge Life Shadow
Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.
MOLIERE

Fortune Friendship Goodness Greatness Possession
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 society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.
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Blame Goodness Need Society Virtue
There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket.
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Pocket Praise Sort Yourself
The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.
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Dinner Food Genuine
Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
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Affection Beautiful Husband Wife
When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.
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Purpose Serve Understand
True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
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Compromise Heaven Pleasure True
We are easily duped by those we love.
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Easy Heart Love
I will maintain it before the whole world.
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Maintain Myself World

If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.

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