You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
MOLIERE
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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.
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You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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But it is not reason that governs love.
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Gold gives to the ugliest thing a certain charming air, For that without it were else a miserable affair.
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It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
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The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
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Ah, there are no children nowadays.
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Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.
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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.
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Nearly all men die of their medicines, not of their diseases.
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The envious will die, but envy never.
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My fair one, let us swear an eternal friendship.
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One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
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I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.
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Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.
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I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
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There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one’s work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor.
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