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You are a fool in four letters, my son.

Moliere

In order to prove a friend to one’s guests, frugality must reign in one’s meals; and, according to an ancient saying, one must eat to live, not live to eat.
MOLIERE

Eat Evidence Food Guest Live Order
Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
MOLIERE

Attack Neighbor Room
Without dance, a man can do nothing.
MOLIERE

Dance Man One Liner
To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don’t succeed, at least pretend to.
MOLIERE

Act Best Blow Forget Pride Success
He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.
MOLIERE

Cook Food Himself World
Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
MOLIERE

Avoid Extreme Perfection Reason
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
And knowing money is a root of evil, in Christian charity, he’d take away whatever things may hinder your salvation.
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Charity Known Money Yourself
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
It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.
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Love Season Thinking
It is good food and not fine words that keeps me alive.
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Alive Food Goodness Myself
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
Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.
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Couple Perfection Sense Sober Wisdom
A woman always has her revenge ready.
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Herself Revenge Woman
Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
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Expensive Instrument Man Music Noise Opera
Deference and intimacy live far apart.
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Intimacy Live

You are a fool in four letters, my son.

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