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The true touchstone of wit is the impromptu.

Moliere

One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.
MOLIERE

Goodness Oneself Thinking
Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.
MOLIERE

Fortune Friendship Goodness Greatness Possession
Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn’t rule in love, you know.
MOLIERE

Day Love Reason Rule Yourself
I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.
MOLIERE

Mistake Myself Proper Sincere
As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
MOLIERE

Comedy Correct Man Myself Purpose Vice
Without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death.
MOLIERE

Death Knowledge Life Shadow
One easily bears moral reproof, but never mockery.
MOLIERE

Easy Humour Moral
A woman always has her revenge ready.
MOLIERE

Herself Revenge Woman
In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.
MOLIERE

Blame Goodness Need Society Virtue
Cultivated people should be superior to any consideration so sordid as a mercenary interest.
MOLIERE

Cultivation Interest People
The smallest errors are always the best.
MOLIERE

Best Error Small
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.
MOLIERE

Book Marvelous
It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh.
MOLIERE

Laughter People Respect Strange
And knowing money is a root of evil, in Christian charity, he’d take away whatever things may hinder your salvation.
MOLIERE

Charity Known Money Yourself
There is something inexpressibly charming in falling in love and, surely, the whole pleasure lies in the fact that love isn’t lasting.
MOLIERE

Charm Expression Fact Lying
To inspire love is a woman’s greatest ambition, believe me. It’s the one thing woman care about and there’s no woman so proud that she does not rejoice at heart in her conquests.
MOLIERE

Ambition Greatness Heart Herself Love Woman

The true touchstone of wit is the impromptu.

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