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Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion.

Moliere

A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
MOLIERE

Home Lover Stand
Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
MOLIERE

Beautiful Hook Intelligence
Grammar, which can govern even Kings.
MOLIERE

Government Grammar King
Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.
MOLIERE

Born Virtue
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
MOLIERE

Love Money Prostitution Writing Yourself
All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.
MOLIERE

Prose Verse
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.
MOLIERE

Cruelty Doubt Truth Worst
Sometimes I feel something akin to rage At the corrupted morals of this age!
MOLIERE

Age Feeling Moral Myself Time
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
MOLIERE

Best Insult Man Patience Reply Wisdom
We must take the good with the bad; For the good when it’s good, is so very good That the bad when it’s bad can’t be bad!
MOLIERE

Bad Goodness
It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
MOLIERE

Action Responsibility Silence
In order to prove a friend to one’s guests, frugality must reign in one’s meals; and, according to an ancient saying, one must eat to live, not live to eat.
MOLIERE

Eat Evidence Food Guest Live Order
The defects of human nature afford us opportunities of exercising our philosophy, the best employment of our virtues. If all men were righteous, all hearts true and frank and loyal, what use would our virtues be?
MOLIERE

Afford Best Employment Human Loyal Nature Opportunity Ourselves Virtue
People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
MOLIERE

People Praise Season Swallow
Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.
MOLIERE

Haste Man Marriage Regret
All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.
MOLIERE

Dance Failure Greatness History Humanity Man Sick Skills Tragedy

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