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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

Everything that’s prose isn’t verse and everything that isn’t verse is prose. Now you see what it is to be a scholar!
MOLIERE

Prose Scholar Verse Yourself
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.
MOLIERE

Book Marvelous
You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
MOLIERE

Marriage Pleasure Thinking Yourself
The defects of human nature afford us opportunities of exercising our philosophy, the best employment of our virtues. If all men were righteous, all hearts true and frank and loyal, what use would our virtues be?
MOLIERE

Afford Best Employment Human Loyal Nature Opportunity Ourselves Virtue
The more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; and the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue.
MOLIERE

Difficult Obstacle Powerful Virtue
Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
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Expensive Instrument Man Music Noise Opera
It is good food and not fine words that keeps me alive.
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Alive Food Goodness Myself
She is laughing up her sleeve at you.
MOLIERE

Herself Laughter Yourself
Love is often the fruit of marriage.
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Fruit Love Marriage
Betrayed and wronged in everything, I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king, And seek some spot unpeopled and apart Where I’ll be free to have an honest heart.
MOLIERE

Betrayal Bitter Heart Honesty Seek Vice World Wrong
The world, dear Agnes, is a strange affair.
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Affair Strange World
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
The envious will die, but envy never.
MOLIERE

Death Jealous Willing
Isn’t the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?
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Greatness Rule Simplicity
The road is long fro the project to its completion.
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Complete Project Road
I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
MOLIERE

Beautiful Feed Goodness Language

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