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How easily a fathers tenderness is recalled, and how quickly a son’s offenses vanish at the slightest word of repentance!

Moliere

Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
MOLIERE

Esteem Hold Preference
My heavens! I’ve been talking prose for the last forty years without knowing it.
MOLIERE

Heaven Known Talk
Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.
MOLIERE

Man Myself
All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
MOLIERE

Perfection Quite Reason Sober Wisdom
At least it’s better to be married than to be dead.
MOLIERE

Better Death Marriage
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
It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
MOLIERE

Action Responsibility Silence
You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
MOLIERE

Peace Salvation Yourself
People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.
MOLIERE

Future Live People Wasted Time Worry
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
The more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; and the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue.
MOLIERE

Difficult Obstacle Powerful Virtue
Ah! how annoying that the law doesn’t allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts.
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Annoy Change Husband Law Woman
Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.
MOLIERE

Better Greatness Place World
Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
MOLIERE

Attack Neighbor Room
Malicious men may die, but malice never.
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Death Infidelity Malicious Man
Age brings about everything; but it is not the time, Madam, as we know, to be a prude at twenty.
MOLIERE

Age Madam Time

How easily a fathers tenderness is recalled, and how quickly a son’s offenses vanish at the slightest word of repentance!

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