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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

There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket.
MOLIERE

Pocket Praise Sort Yourself
Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.
MOLIERE

Born Virtue
The smallest errors are always the best.
MOLIERE

Best Errors Small
I will maintain it before the whole world.
MOLIERE

Maintain Myself World
A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
MOLIERE

Home Lover Stand
No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it’s the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco lives a life not worth living.
MOLIERE

Drugs Equality Life Live Philosophy Worth
Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high hands makes them obey its laws.
MOLIERE

Grammar Hands Law Obedience
No matter what everybody says, ultimately these things can harm us only by the way we react to them.
MOLIERE

Harm Ourselves Reaction Ultimate
Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.
MOLIERE

Greatness Love Master Teaching
She is laughing up her sleeve at you.
MOLIERE

Herself Laughter Yourself
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
MOLIERE

Fruit Growth Slow Tree
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
Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed.
MOLIERE

Heart Honor Man Noble Wound
Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
MOLIERE

Esteem Hold Preference
I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.
MOLIERE

Friendship Man Myself Truth
Too great haste leads us to error.
MOLIERE

Error Greatness Haste

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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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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