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I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.

Moliere

The envious will die, but envy never.
MOLIERE

Death Jealous Willing
All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.
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Prose Verse
When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.
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Purpose Serve Understand
When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
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Goodness Modeling People Side
Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.
MOLIERE

Conquer Gold Love War
I find medicine is the best of all trades because whether you do any good or not you still. Get your money.
MOLIERE

Medicine Money Trade Yourself
Dom Juan believes neither in Heaven, nor the saints, nor God, nor the Werewolf.
MOLIERE

Believe God Heaven
The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
MOLIERE

Absence Partner Relationship
I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn’t speak a single word that doesn’t come straight from his heart.
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Heart Himself Man People Sincere Talk Word
It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
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Improvement Mistake Try World
There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket.
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Pocket Praise Sort Yourself
People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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People Praise Season Swallow
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
People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
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Action Difference People Promise
My fair one, let us swear an eternal friendship.
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Forever Friendship Myself
And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says.
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Himself Spiritual

I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.

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