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He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.

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The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.
MOLIERE

Dinner Food Genuine
All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.
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Prose Verse
Virtue is the first title of nobility.
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Nobility Virtue
One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
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Easy Fools Love Oneself
If you make yourself understood, you’re always speaking well.
MOLIERE

Talk Understand Well Yourself
Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.
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Haste Man Marriage Regret
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
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Deserve Fortune Goodness Hope
Nearly all men die of their medicines, not of their diseases.
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Death Man Medicine Sick
Don’t appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
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Appearance Humanity Prayer Talk Understand
You are a fool in four letters, my son.
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Fool Son Yourself
unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.
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Boredom Happiness Hard Time
It is madness beyond compare To try to reform the world.
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Beyond Compare Try World
Tobacco is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco is not worthy of living.
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Honest Live Man Passion Worth
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
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Best Insult Man Patience Reply Wisdom
The envious will die, but envy never.
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Death Jealous Willing
I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
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Beautiful Feed Goodness Language

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