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

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One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.
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Goodness Oneself Thinking
Everyone has a right to his own course of action.
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Direction Himself Right
We must take the good with the bad; For the good when it’s good, is so very good That the bad when it’s bad can’t be bad!
MOLIERE

Bad Goodness
To live without loving is not really to live.
MOLIERE

Live Love Wasted
A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.
MOLIERE

Fool Ignorance Learning
The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.
MOLIERE

Dinner Food Genuine
To create a public scandal is what’s wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.
MOLIERE

Creation Private Sin Wicket
The world, dear Agnes, is a strange affair.
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Affair Strange World
You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.
MOLIERE

Civilization Essence People Young
Sharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.
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Honor Share
Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.
MOLIERE

Culture Hope
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
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End Soon
The only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for a living.
MOLIERE

Devil Live People Poor World Writing
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
All is wholesome in the absence of excess.
MOLIERE

Absence Minimalism
When there is enough to eat for eight, there is plenty for ten.
MOLIERE

Eat Enough Food
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?
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Afford Best Employment Human Loyal Nature Opportunity Ourselves Virtue
Long is the road from conception to completion.
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Complete Road
Ah! how annoying that the law doesn’t allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts.
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Annoy Change Husband Law Woman
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
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Glory Greatness Hard Time Inspirational Obstacle
The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
MOLIERE

Man Precise Smart
I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.
MOLIERE

Hate Man Mean Oneself Vicious
My heavens! I’ve been talking prose for the last forty years without knowing it.
MOLIERE

Heaven Known Talk
To marry a fool is to be no fool.
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Fools Marriage
I live on good soup, not on fine words.
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Fine Goodness Live Soup Word
Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!
MOLIERE

Desire Embrace Mercy People Satisfaction
I believe that two and two are four and that four and four are eight.
MOLIERE

Believe Mathematics

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

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