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True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

Moliere

One should eat to live, not live to eat.
MOLIERE

Eat Live Oneself
I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.
MOLIERE

Mistake Myself Proper Sincere
What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.
MOLIERE

God Greatness Man Terrible Wicket
Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
MOLIERE

Esteem Hold Preference
Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
MOLIERE

Oneself Talk Word
To marry a fool is to be no fool.
MOLIERE

Fools Marriage
The envious will die, but envy never.
MOLIERE

Deep Jealous People
Gold makes the ugly beautiful.
MOLIERE

Beautiful Gold One Liner Ugly
She is laughing up her sleeve at you.
MOLIERE

Herself Laughter Yourself
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
The smallest errors are always the best.
MOLIERE

Best Errors Small
If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.
MOLIERE

Heart Integrity Virtue
One cannot but mistrust a prospect of felicity: one must enjoy it before one can believe in it.
MOLIERE

Believe Enjoyment Oneself Prospect Trust
The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.
MOLIERE

Dinner Food Genuine
Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
MOLIERE

Book Expire Fame Famous Need Reading Virtue Worth
The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.
MOLIERE

Offend Silence Sin World

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