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It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don’t want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.

Moliere

The envious will die, but envy never.
MOLIERE

Death Jealous Willing
The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.
MOLIERE

Advantage Advice Annoy Art Greatness Yourself
Everyone has a right to his own course of action.
MOLIERE

Direction Himself Right
Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.
MOLIERE

Control Grammar King
Virtue is the first title of nobility.
MOLIERE

Nobility Virtue
How strange it is to see with how much passion People see things only in their own fashion!
MOLIERE

Fashion Passion People See Strange
The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
MOLIERE

Amuse Comedy Correct Men
We always speak well when we manage to be understood.
MOLIERE

Manage Talk Understand
Sometimes I feel something akin to rage At the corrupted morals of this age!
MOLIERE

Age Feeling Moral Myself Time
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
MOLIERE

Glory Greatness Hard Time Inspirational Obstacle
The world, dear Agnes, is a strange affair.
MOLIERE

Affair Strange World
I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.
MOLIERE

Assurance Education Illiterate Myself
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
I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn’t speak a single word that doesn’t come straight from his heart.
MOLIERE

Heart Himself Man People Sincere Talk Word
Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
MOLIERE

Attack Neighbor Room
People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.
MOLIERE

Learning People Quality

It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don’t want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.

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It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don’t want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.

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