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The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.

Moliere

The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
MOLIERE

Man Precise Smart
Gold gives to the ugliest thing a certain charming air, For that without it were else a miserable affair.
MOLIERE

Affair Charm Gold Misery
One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
MOLIERE

Bad Oneself Poetry Writing
To marry a fool is to be no fool.
MOLIERE

Fools Marriage
People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.
MOLIERE

Learning People Quality
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
MOLIERE

Fruit Growth Slow Tree
Ah! how annoying that the law doesn’t allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts.
MOLIERE

Annoy Change Husband Law Woman
People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
MOLIERE

People Praise Season Swallow
I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
MOLIERE

Beautiful Feed Goodness Language
Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.
MOLIERE

Culture Hope
The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
MOLIERE

Absence Partner Relationship
One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
MOLIERE

Easy Fools Love Oneself
Most people die from the remedy rather than from the illness.
MOLIERE

Death People Remedy Sick
Ah, there are no longer any children!
MOLIERE

Children Growth One Liner
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
Without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death.
MOLIERE

Death Knowledge Life Shadow

The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.

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