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People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.

Moliere

The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
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Absence Partner Relationship
Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.
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Human Myself
Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
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Attack Neighbor Room
There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one’s work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor.
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Delight Honor Pleasure Reward
It’s true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
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Finding Heaven Pleasure True
Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
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Behavior Friendship Ridiculous
All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.
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Dance Failure Greatness History Humanity Man Sick Skills Tragedy
Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.
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Born Virtue
Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.
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Knowledge Known
Malicious men may die, but malice never.
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Death Infidelity Malicious Man
Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.
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Esteem Meaning Preference
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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Desire Ignorance Learning Myself Question Woman
It is a long road from conception to completion.
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Complete Concept Road
As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
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Comedy Correct Man Myself Purpose Vice
Innocence is not accustomed to blush.
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Blush Innocence One Liner
Everything that’s prose isn’t verse and everything that isn’t verse is prose. Now you see what it is to be a scholar!
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Prose Scholar Verse Yourself

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