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Moliere

No reason makes it right To shun accepted ways from stubborn spite; And we may better join the foolish crowd Than cling to wisdom, lonely though unbowed.
MOLIERE

Acceptance Crowd Fools Reason Right Stubborn Way
One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
MOLIERE

Easy Fools Love Oneself
Frankly, it’s good enough to lock up in a drawer.
MOLIERE

Draw Enough Goodness
Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
MOLIERE

Beautiful Hook Intelligence
All is wholesome in the absence of excess.
MOLIERE

Absence Minimalism
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
Cover that bosom that I must not see: souls are wounded by such things.
MOLIERE

Body Cover Soul Wound
People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.
MOLIERE

Learning People Quality
The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
MOLIERE

Karma Secret
I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
MOLIERE

Beautiful Feed Goodness Language
Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.
MOLIERE

Right True Zeal
Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
MOLIERE

Book Expire Fame Famous Need Reading Virtue Worth
Long is the road from conception to completion.
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Complete Road
The defects of human nature afford us opportunities of exercising our philosophy, the best employment of our virtues. If all men were righteous, all hearts true and frank and loyal, what use would our virtues be?
MOLIERE

Afford Best Employment Human Loyal Nature Opportunity Ourselves Virtue
Man’s greatest weakness is his love for life.
MOLIERE

Greatness Life Love Man Weakness
Good Heavens! For more than forty years I have been speaking prose without knowing it.
MOLIERE

Goodness Heaven Known Myself Talk

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