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Then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust. The grave’s a fine and private place But none, I think, do there embrace.

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The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.
MOLIERE

Dinner Food Genuine
It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
MOLIERE

Improvement Mistake Try World
If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
MOLIERE

Double Grief Increase Yourself
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
Virtue is the first title of nobility.
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Nobility Virtue
Dom Juan believes neither in Heaven, nor the saints, nor God, nor the Werewolf.
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Believe God Heaven
unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.
MOLIERE

Boredom Happiness Hard Time
How easily a fathers tenderness is recalled, and how quickly a son’s offenses vanish at the slightest word of repentance!
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Easy Father Regret Son Vanish
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

Love Maturity Money Process Writing
Assassination’s the fastest way.
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Assassination Death Fast Murder Way
Things are only worth what you make them worth.
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Value Worth Yourself
I have the knack of easing scruples.
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Easy Myself
There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one’s work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor.
MOLIERE

Delight Honor Pleasure Reward
Reasoning is the pastime of my whole household, and all this reasoning has driven out Reason.
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Drive Home Reason
He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.
MOLIERE

Follow Lesson Peace Taste
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.
MOLIERE

Appearance Attack Effect Laughter People Vice Way

Then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust. The grave’s a fine and private place But none, I think, do there embrace.

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Then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust. The grave’s a fine and private place But none, I think, do there embrace.

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