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Moliere

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.
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Artist Fate Fools Himself Ignorance Vulgar Work
Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.
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Children Pain Pleasure
The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
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Ancestor People Present
Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
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Esteem Hold Preference
It’s true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
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Finding Heaven Pleasure True
Then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust. The grave’s a fine and private place But none, I think, do there embrace.
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Embrace Honor Myself Place Preserve Worm
I live on good soup, not on fine words.
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Fine Goodness Live Soup Word
You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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Marriage Pleasure Thinking Yourself
Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
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Expensive Instrument Man Music Noise Opera
When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
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Goodness Modeling People Side
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.
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Attention Best Innocence Live Pay Safety Talk Way World
Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.
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Fortune Friendship Goodness Greatness Possession
Don’t appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
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Appearance Humanity Prayer Talk Understand
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.
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Book Marvelous
Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.
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Human Myself
There is no protection against slander.
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Protection

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