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As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.

Moliere

It’s an odd job, making decent people laugh.
MOLIERE

Job Laughter People
I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
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Beautiful Feed Goodness Language
All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.
MOLIERE

Prose Verse
If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
MOLIERE

Double Grief Increase Yourself
I will not leave you until I have seen you hanged.
MOLIERE

Death Leaving Myself See Yourself
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.
MOLIERE

Desire Ignorance Learning Myself Question Woman
The public scandal is what constitutes the offence: sins sinned in secret are no sins at all.
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Offend Public Scandal Secret Sin
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores.
MOLIERE

Boredom Interest Myself Preference Vice Virtue
I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.
MOLIERE

Mistake Myself Proper Sincere
A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.
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Cure Husband Woman
We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.
MOLIERE

Judgment Ourselves
Innocence is not accustomed to blush.
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Blush Innocence One Liner
Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.
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Right True Zeal
That must be fine, for I don’t understand a word.
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Fine Myself Understand Word
The true touchstone of wit is the impromptu.
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Brilliance Touch True
Cultivated people should be superior to any consideration so sordid as a mercenary interest.
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Cultivation Interest People

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