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There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to the criticism of the vulgar and ignorant.

Moliere

A woman always has her revenge ready.
MOLIERE

Herself Revenge Woman
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
There’s nothing quite like tobacco: it’s the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn’t deserve to live.
MOLIERE

Deserve Drugs Live Passion Quite
You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
MOLIERE

Marriage Pleasure Thinking Yourself
I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.
MOLIERE

Mistake Myself Proper Sincere
Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
MOLIERE

Attack Neighbor Room
The great ambition of women is to inspire love.
MOLIERE

Ambition Greatness Love Woman
There’s nothing people can’t contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations.
MOLIERE

Age People Praise
Age brings about everything; but it is not the time, Madam, as we know, to be a prude at twenty.
MOLIERE

Age Madam Time
The true touchstone of wit is the impromptu.
MOLIERE

Brilliance Touch True
The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
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Ancestor People Present
To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don’t succeed, at least pretend to.
MOLIERE

Act Best Blow Forget Pride Success
No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.
MOLIERE

Attention Best Innocence Live Pay Safety Talk Way World
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores.
MOLIERE

Boredom Interest Myself Preference Vice Virtue
Heaven forbids, it is true, certain gratifications, but there are ways and means of compounding such matters.
MOLIERE

Gratitude Heaven True Way
Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
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Human Live Love Powerful

There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to the criticism of the vulgar and ignorant.

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