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Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.

Moliere

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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Artist Fate Fools Himself Ignorance Vulgar Work
One cannot but mistrust a prospect of felicity: one must enjoy it before one can believe in it.
MOLIERE

Believe Enjoyment Oneself Prospect Trust
To live without loving is not really to live.
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Live Love Wasted
Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
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Expensive Instrument Man Music Noise Opera
He must have killed a lot of men to have made so much money.
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Himself Kill Money
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
The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous.
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Appearance Attack Effect Laughter People Vice Way
It is madness beyond compare To try to reform the world.
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Beyond Compare Try World
It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.
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Love Season Thinking
At least it’s better to be married than to be dead.
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Better Death Marriage
Time has nothing to do with the matter.
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Substance Time
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
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Fruit Growth Slow Tree
The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
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Absence Partner Relationship
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.
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Book Marvelous
People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.
MOLIERE

Future Live People Wasted Time Worry
There is something inexpressibly charming in falling in love and, surely, the whole pleasure lies in the fact that love isn’t lasting.
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Charm Expression Fact Lying

Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.

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