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Malicious men may die, but malice never.

Moliere

Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.
MOLIERE

Knowledge Known
That must be fine, for I don’t understand a word.
MOLIERE

Fine Myself Understand Word
Dom Juan believes neither in Heaven, nor the saints, nor God, nor the Werewolf.
MOLIERE

Believe God Heaven
Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
MOLIERE

Expensive Instrument Man Music Noise Opera
Ah! how annoying that the law doesn’t allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts.
MOLIERE

Annoy Change Husband Law Woman
The public scandal is what constitutes the offence: sins sinned in secret are no sins at all.
MOLIERE

Offend Public Scandal Secret Sin
Cultivated people should be superior to any consideration so sordid as a mercenary interest.
MOLIERE

Cultivation Interest People
There is no protection against slander.
MOLIERE

Protection
Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.
MOLIERE

Esteem Meaning Preference
Time has nothing to do with the matter.
MOLIERE

Substance Time
Frankly, it’s good enough to lock up in a drawer.
MOLIERE

Draw Enough Goodness
Grammar, which can govern even Kings.
MOLIERE

Government Grammar King
When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
MOLIERE

Goodness Modeling People Side
The great ambition of women is to inspire love.
MOLIERE

Ambition Greatness Love Woman
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
MOLIERE

Fruit Growth Slow Tree
To marry a fool is to be no fool.
MOLIERE

Fools Marriage

Malicious men may die, but malice never.

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