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A good husband be the best sort of plaster for to cure a young woman’s ailments.

Moliere

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
It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don’t want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.
MOLIERE

Desire Ignorance Learning Myself Question Woman
I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn’t speak a single word that doesn’t come straight from his heart.
MOLIERE

Heart Himself Man People Sincere Talk Word
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
Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
MOLIERE

Expensive Instrument Man Music Noise Opera
Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high hands makes them obey its laws.
MOLIERE

Grammar Hands Law Obedience
I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
MOLIERE

Beautiful Feed Goodness Language
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
She is laughing up her sleeve at you.
MOLIERE

Herself Laughter Yourself
Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
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Direct Error Haste Reason
I believe that two and two are four and that four and four are eight.
MOLIERE

Believe Mathematics
Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.
MOLIERE

Greatness Love Master Teaching
A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.
MOLIERE

Fool Ignorance Learning
The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
MOLIERE

Absence Partner Relationship
The envious will die, but envy never.
MOLIERE

Death Jealous Willing
They would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.
MOLIERE

Blind Clear Liberty Sight

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