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Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.

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Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.
MOLIERE

Evidence Malicious Mouth Poison
There is no secret of the heart which our actions do not disclose.
MOLIERE

Action Heart Ourselves Secret
Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
MOLIERE

Attack Neighbor Room
Most people die from the remedy rather than from the illness.
MOLIERE

Death People Remedy Sick
People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
MOLIERE

Mean People Ridiculous
We are all mortals, and each is for himself.
MOLIERE

Himself Mortal
I live on good soup, not on fine words.
MOLIERE

Fine Goodness Live Soup Word
The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
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Man Precise Smart
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.
MOLIERE

Acceptance Crowd Fools Reason Right Stubborn Way
With a smile we should instruct our youth.
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Instruction Smile Youth
All the power is with the sex that wears the beard.
MOLIERE

Beard Discrimination Power Sex
Books and marriage go ill together.
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Book Marriage Sick
There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.
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Courage Pity Pretend
It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
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Improvement Mistake Try World
He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.
MOLIERE

Follow Lesson Peace Taste
Reason is not what decides love.
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Decision Love Reason

Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.

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