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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

A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.
MOLIERE

Fool Ignorance Learning
Long is the road from conception to completion.
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Complete Road
There is nothing so necessary for men as dancing.
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Dance Man Necessary
Dom Juan believes neither in Heaven, nor the saints, nor God, nor the Werewolf.
MOLIERE

Believe God Heaven
Reason is not what decides love.
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Decision Love Reason
Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.
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Fortune Friendship Goodness Greatness Possession
All the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing.
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Dance Failure Greatness Leadership Skill
He must have killed a lot of men to have made so much money.
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Himself Kill Money
And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says.
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Himself Spiritual
I maintain, in truth, That with a smile we should instruct our youth, Be very gentle when we have to blame, And not put them in fear of virtue’s name.
MOLIERE

Blame Maintain Name Smile Truth Virtue
The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
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Amuse Comedy Correct Men
If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
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Double Grief Increase Yourself
He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.
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Follow Lesson Peace Taste
People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
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Mean People Ridiculous
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!
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Bad Goodness
The envious will die, but envy never.
MOLIERE

Death Jealous Willing

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?

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