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The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money.

Moliere

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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Artist Fate Fools Himself Ignorance Vulgar Work
Malicious men may die, but malice never.
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Death Infidelity Malicious Man
He must have killed a lot of men to have made so much money.
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Himself Kill Money
One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
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Easy Fools Love Oneself
He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.
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Cook Food Himself World
I believe that two and two are four and that four and four are eight.
MOLIERE

Believe Mathematics
Don’t appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
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Appearance Humanity Prayer Talk Understand
To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don’t succeed, at least pretend to.
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Act Best Blow Forget Pride Success
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
They would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.
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Blind Clear Liberty Sight
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.
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Cruelty Doubt Truth Worst
True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
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Compromise Heaven Pleasure True
Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.
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Culture Hope
We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.
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Judgment Ourselves
Cultivated people should be superior to any consideration so sordid as a mercenary interest.
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Cultivation Interest People
Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
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Direct Error Haste Reason

The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money.

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