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Isn’t the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?

Moliere

One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.
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Goodness Oneself Thinking
He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.
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Cook Food Himself World
In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the changes in the current taste.
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Change Clothes Current Follow Man Taste
Sometimes I feel something akin to rage At the corrupted morals of this age!
MOLIERE

Age Feeling Moral Myself Time
Gold gives to the ugliest thing a certain charming air, For that without it were else a miserable affair.
MOLIERE

Affair Charm Gold Misery
Every good act is charity. A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
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Act Charity Goodness Himself Man True Wealth
I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
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Beautiful Feed Goodness Language
Ah, there are no children nowadays.
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Children Time
There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket.
MOLIERE

Pocket Praise Sort Yourself
One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
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Bad Oneself Poetry Writing
The true touchstone of wit is the impromptu.
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Brilliance Touch True
When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
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Goodness Modeling People Side
Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion.
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Capacity Limitation Occasion
One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
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Easy Fools Love Oneself
Man’s greatest weakness is his love for life.
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Greatness Life Love Man Weakness
It is madness beyond compare To try to reform the world.
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Beyond Compare Try World

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