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

Moliere

They would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.
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Blind Clear Liberty Sight
The smallest errors are always the best.
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Best Error Small
My heavens! I’ve been talking prose for the last forty years without knowing it.
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Heaven Known Talk
One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
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Easy Fools Love Oneself
Time has nothing to do with the matter.
MOLIERE

Substance Time
At least it’s better to be married than to be dead.
MOLIERE

Better Death Marriage
All the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing.
MOLIERE

Dance Failure Greatness Leadership Skill
The true touchstone of wit is the impromptu.
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Brilliance Touch True
Ah, there are no children nowadays.
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Children Time
He must have killed a lot of men to have made so much money.
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Himself Kill Money
Deference and intimacy live far apart.
MOLIERE

Intimacy Live
But it is not reason that governs love.
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Government Love Reason
You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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Marriage Pleasure Thinking Yourself
Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to resemble them.
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Ancestor Born Glorious Virtue
The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money.
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Love Maturity Money Process Writing
The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.
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Offend Silence Sin World

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