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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.

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Books and marriage go ill together.
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Book Marriage Sick
I find medicine is the best of all trades because whether you do any good or not you still. Get your money.
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Medicine Money Trade Yourself
There is no protection against slander.
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Protection
I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.
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Myself Poet Trouble Writing
Cover that bosom that I must not see: souls are wounded by such things.
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Body Cover Soul Wound
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 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 want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.
MOLIERE

Friendship Man Myself Truth
All the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing.
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Dance Failure Greatness Leadership Skill
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
People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
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Action Difference People Promise
Two wives? That exceeds the custom.
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Marriage Rule Wife
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.
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Difficult Obstacle Powerful Virtue
unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.
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Boredom Happiness Hard Time
How strange it is to see with how much passion People see things only in their own fashion!
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Fashion Passion People See Strange
You have but to hold forth in cap and gown, and any gibberish becomes learning, all nonsense passes for sense.
MOLIERE

Learning Nonsense

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