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One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.

Moliere

Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
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Esteem Hold Preference
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
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Fruit Growth Slow Tree
To create a public scandal is what’s wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.
MOLIERE

Creation Private Sin Wicket
And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says.
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Himself Spiritual
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
One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
MOLIERE

Easy Fools Love Oneself
When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.
MOLIERE

Purpose Serve Understand
People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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People Praise Season Swallow
Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.
MOLIERE

Born Virtue
A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
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Home Lover Stand
You are a fool in four letters, my son.
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Fool Son Yourself
My heavens! I’ve been talking prose for the last forty years without knowing it.
MOLIERE

Heaven Known Talk
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.
MOLIERE

Book Marvelous
Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.
MOLIERE

Conquer Gold Love War
The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.
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Offend Silence Sin World
At least it’s better to be married than to be dead.
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Better Death Marriage

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