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Good Heavens! For more than forty years I have been speaking prose without knowing it.

Moliere

What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.
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God Greatness Man Terrible Wicket
It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.
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Offend Public Secret Sin
Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.
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Born Virtue
The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment.
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Accomplishment Projection Road
The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.
MOLIERE

Friendship Love Purity
Music and dance are all you need.
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Dance Music Need
unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.
MOLIERE

Boredom Happiness Hard Time
Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.
MOLIERE

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

Comedy Correct Man Myself Purpose Vice
There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.
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Courage Pity Pretend
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
All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.
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Dance Failure Greatness History Humanity Man Sick Skills Tragedy
Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.
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Consistent Ridiculous Suitable
You are a fool in four letters, my son.
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Fool Son Yourself
Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
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Avoid Extreme Perfection Reason
The proof of true love is to be unsparing in criticism.
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Criticism Love Proof True

Good Heavens! For more than forty years I have been speaking prose without knowing it.

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