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It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.

Moliere

You have but to hold forth in cap and gown, and any gibberish becomes learning, all nonsense passes for sense.
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Learning Nonsense
Heaven forbids, it is true, certain gratifications, but there are ways and means of compounding such matters.
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Gratitude Heaven True Way
In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the changes in the current taste.
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Change Clothes Current Follow Man Taste
He must have killed a lot of men to have made so much money.
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Himself Kill Money
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
MOLIERE

Love Money Prostitution Writing Yourself
We live under a prince who is an enemy to fraud, a prince whose eyes penetrate into the heart, and whom all the art of impostors can’t deceive.
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Enemy Heart Imposter Live
The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.
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Offend Silence Sin World
Dom Juan believes neither in Heaven, nor the saints, nor God, nor the Werewolf.
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Believe God Heaven
Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
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Behavior Friendship Ridiculous
Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.
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Evidence Malicious Mouth Poison
Books and marriage go ill together.
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Book Marriage Sick
Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.
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Culture Hope
A woman always has her revenge ready.
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Herself Revenge Woman
The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.
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Dinner Food Genuine
Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
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Avoid Extreme Perfection Reason
The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
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Man Precise Smart

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