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People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.

Moliere

Human weakness is to desire to know what one does not want to know.
MOLIERE

Desire Human Known Oneself Weakness
Innocence is not accustomed to blush.
MOLIERE

Blush Innocence One Liner
One should eat to live, not live to eat.
MOLIERE

Eat Live Oneself
Nearly all men die of their medicines, not of their diseases.
MOLIERE

Death Man Medicine Sick
And knowing money is a root of evil, in Christian charity, he’d take away whatever things may hinder your salvation.
MOLIERE

Charity Known Money Yourself
All the satires of the stage should be viewed without discomfort. They are public mirrors, where we are never to admit that we see ourselves; one admits to a fault when one is scandalized by its censure.
MOLIERE

Discomfort Mirror Mistake Ourselves Public Stage View
Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
MOLIERE

Behavior Friendship Ridiculous
Tobacco is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco is not worthy of living.
MOLIERE

Honest Live Man Passion Worth
With a smile we should instruct our youth.
MOLIERE

Instruction Smile Youth
To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don’t succeed, at least pretend to.
MOLIERE

Act Best Blow Forget Pride Success
Ah, there are no children nowadays.
MOLIERE

Children Time
The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
MOLIERE

Ancestor People Present
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
Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
MOLIERE

Esteem Hold Preference
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
Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.
MOLIERE

Couple Perfection Sense Sober Wisdom

People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.

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