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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.

Moliere

I believe that two and two are four and that four and four are eight.
MOLIERE

Believe Mathematics
Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.
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Knowledge Known
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.
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Book Marvelous
You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
MOLIERE

Marriage Pleasure Thinking Yourself
People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
MOLIERE

Action Difference People Promise
Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.
MOLIERE

Greatness Love Master Teaching
The great ambition of women is to inspire love.
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Ambition Greatness Love Woman
Love is often the fruit of marriage.
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Fruit Love Marriage
We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.
MOLIERE

Judgment Ourselves
Then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust. The grave’s a fine and private place But none, I think, do there embrace.
MOLIERE

Embrace Honor Myself Place Preserve Worm
Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.
MOLIERE

Right True Zeal
One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.
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Goodness Oneself Thinking
Tobacco is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco is not worthy of living.
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Honest Live Man Passion Worth
I would like to be like my father and all the rest of my ancestors who never married.
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Ancestor Father Marriage Myself
The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous.
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Appearance Attack Effect Laughter People Vice Way
We are easily duped by those we love.
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Easy Heart Love

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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