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No reason makes it right To shun accepted ways from stubborn spite; And we may better join the foolish crowd Than cling to wisdom, lonely though unbowed.

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That must be fine, for I don’t understand a word.
MOLIERE

Fine Myself Understand Word
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
MOLIERE

Best Insult Man Patience Reply Wisdom
There is no rampart that will hold out against malice.
MOLIERE

Cheating Hold Infidelity
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.
MOLIERE

Change Clothes Current Follow Man Taste
Most people die from the remedy rather than from the illness.
MOLIERE

Death People Remedy Sick
And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says.
MOLIERE

Himself Spiritual
We live under a prince who is an enemy to fraud, a prince whose eyes penetrate into the heart, and whom all the art of impostors can’t deceive.
MOLIERE

Enemy Heart Imposter Live
All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.
MOLIERE

Prose Verse
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

Artist Fate Fools Himself Ignorance Vulgar Work
There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one’s work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor.
MOLIERE

Delight Honor Pleasure Reward
Man’s greatest weakness is his love for life.
MOLIERE

Greatness Life Love Man Weakness
Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.
MOLIERE

Evidence Malicious Mouth Poison
The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
MOLIERE

Absence Partner Relationship
Things are only worth what you make them worth.
MOLIERE

Value Worth Yourself
Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
MOLIERE

Beautiful Hook Intelligence
I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.
MOLIERE

Assurance Education Illiterate Myself

No reason makes it right To shun accepted ways from stubborn spite; And we may better join the foolish crowd Than cling to wisdom, lonely though unbowed.

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No reason makes it right To shun accepted ways from stubborn spite; And we may better join the foolish crowd Than cling to wisdom, lonely though unbowed.

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