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The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.

Moliere

Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
MOLIERE

Direct Error Haste Reason
It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh.
MOLIERE

Laughter People Respect Strange
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
But it is not reason that governs love.
MOLIERE

Government Love Reason
There is no protection against slander.
MOLIERE

Protection
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
MOLIERE

Love Money Prostitution Writing Yourself
Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn’t rule in love, you know.
MOLIERE

Day Love Reason Rule Yourself
The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.
MOLIERE

Offend Silence Sin World
It is good food and not fine words that keeps me alive.
MOLIERE

Alive Food Goodness Myself
The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
MOLIERE

Amuse Comedy Correct Men
Gold makes the ugly beautiful.
MOLIERE

Beautiful Gold One Liner Ugly
Isn’t the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?
MOLIERE

Greatness Rule Simplicity
A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
MOLIERE

Home Lover Stand
When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.
MOLIERE

Purpose Serve Understand
There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket.
MOLIERE

Pocket Praise Sort Yourself
Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.
MOLIERE

Right True Zeal

The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.

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