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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

It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh.
MOLIERE

Laughter People Respect Strange
One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.
MOLIERE

Goodness Oneself Thinking
I have a heart to love all the world; and like Alexander I wish there were yet other worlds, so I could carry even further my amorous conquests.
MOLIERE

Heart Love Myself World
If you make yourself understood, you’re always speaking well.
MOLIERE

Talk Understand Well Yourself
Man’s greatest weakness is his love for life.
MOLIERE

Greatness Life Love Man Weakness
Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!
MOLIERE

Desire Embrace Mercy People Satisfaction
The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
MOLIERE

Karma Secret
You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
MOLIERE

Peace Salvation Yourself
We die only once, and for such a long time.
MOLIERE

Death Time
People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
MOLIERE

Action Difference People Promise
Two wives? That exceeds the custom.
MOLIERE

Marriage Rule Wife
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
Isn’t the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?
MOLIERE

Greatness Rule Simplicity
You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
MOLIERE

Marriage Pleasure Thinking Yourself
Gold makes the ugly beautiful.
MOLIERE

Beautiful Gold One Liner Ugly
Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
MOLIERE

Book Expire Fame Famous Need Reading Virtue Worth

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