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Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.

Moliere

There is no secret of the heart which our actions do not disclose.
MOLIERE

Action Heart Ourselves Secret
A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
MOLIERE

Home Lover Stand
Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.
MOLIERE

Right True Zeal
Every good act is charity. A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
MOLIERE

Act Charity Goodness Himself Man True Wealth
The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.
MOLIERE

Dinner Food Genuine
One easily bears moral reproof, but never mockery.
MOLIERE

Easy Humour Moral
When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
MOLIERE

Goodness Modeling People Side
All the satires of the stage should be viewed without discomfort. They are public mirrors, where we are never to admit that we see ourselves; one admits to a fault when one is scandalized by its censure.
MOLIERE

Discomfort Mirror Mistake Ourselves Public Stage View
Time has nothing to do with the matter.
MOLIERE

Substance Time
Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.
MOLIERE

Perfection Reason Sober Wisdom
One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.
MOLIERE

Goodness Oneself Thinking
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
MOLIERE

End Soon
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
MOLIERE

Best Insult Man Patience Reply Wisdom
There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to the criticism of the vulgar and ignorant.
MOLIERE

Artist Fate Fools Himself Ignorance Vulgar Work
You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.
MOLIERE

Civilization Essence People Young
Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
MOLIERE

Affection Beautiful Husband Wife

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