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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.
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Blame Maintain Name Smile Truth Virtue
Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.
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Assurance Creature Weird Yourself
Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion.
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Capacity Limitation Occasion
Cover that bosom that I must not see: souls are wounded by such things.
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Body Cover Soul Wound
I have the knack of easing scruples.
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Easy Myself
There’s a sort of decency among the dead, a remarkable discretion: you never find them making any complaint against the doctor who killed them!
MOLIERE

Complaint Death Decent Doctor Kill Remark
One cannot but mistrust a prospect of felicity: one must enjoy it before one can believe in it.
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Believe Enjoyment Oneself Prospect Trust
All the satires of the stage should be viewed without discomfort. They are public mirrors, where we are never to admit that we see ourselves; one admits to a fault when one is scandalized by its censure.
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Discomfort Mirror Mistake Ourselves Public Stage View
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
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Deserve Fortune Goodness Hope
Man’s greatest weakness is his love for life.
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Greatness Life Love Man Weakness
unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.
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Boredom Happiness Hard Time
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
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Love Money Prostitution Writing Yourself
Too great haste leads us to error.
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Error Greatness Haste
Anyone may be an honorable man, and yet write verse badly.
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Bad Honor Man Poet Writing
The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
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Amuse Comedy Correct Men
New-born desires, after all, have inexplicable charms, and all the pleasure of love is in variety.
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Born Desire Love Pleasure Variety

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