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The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.

Moliere

All the satires of the stage should be viewed without discomfort. They are public mirrors, where we are never to admit that we see ourselves; one admits to a fault when one is scandalized by its censure.
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Discomfort Mirror Mistake Ourselves Public Stage View
I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn’t speak a single word that doesn’t come straight from his heart.
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Heart Himself Man People Sincere Talk Word
It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh.
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Laughter People Respect Strange
Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.
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Perfection Reason Sober Wisdom
You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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Marriage Pleasure Thinking Yourself
Human weakness is to desire to know what one does not want to know.
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Desire Human Known Oneself Weakness
It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
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Action Responsibility Silence
Assassination’s the fastest way.
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Assassination Death Fast Murder Way
It is a long road from conception to completion.
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Complete Concept Road
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.
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Cruelty Doubt Truth Worst
People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.
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Future Live People Wasted Time Worry
There is nothing so necessary for men as dancing.
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Dance Man Necessary
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths. It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. A lover whose passion is extreme loves even the faults of the beloved.
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Cruelty Doubt Mistake Passion Truth Worst
It’s true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
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Finding Heaven Pleasure True
I will not leave you until I have seen you hanged.
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Death Leaving Myself See Yourself
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

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