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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.

Moliere

We must take the good with the bad; For the good when it’s good, is so very good That the bad when it’s bad can’t be bad!
MOLIERE

Bad Goodness
Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn’t rule in love, you know.
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Day Love Reason Rule Yourself
You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.
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Death Time Yourself
The defects of human nature afford us opportunities of exercising our philosophy, the best employment of our virtues. If all men were righteous, all hearts true and frank and loyal, what use would our virtues be?
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Afford Best Employment Human Loyal Nature Opportunity Ourselves Virtue
I believe that two and two are four and that four and four are eight.
MOLIERE

Believe Mathematics
To create a public scandal is what’s wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.
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Creation Private Sin Wicket
The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
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Amuse Comedy Correct Men
It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don’t want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.
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Desire Ignorance Learning Myself Question Woman
Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
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Attack Neighbor Room
There’s nothing quite like tobacco: it’s the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn’t deserve to live.
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Deserve Drugs Live Passion Quite
Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
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Direct Error Haste Reason
All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
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Perfection Quite Reason Sober Wisdom
There is no protection against slander.
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Protection
Good Heavens! For more than forty years I have been speaking prose without knowing it.
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Goodness Heaven Known Myself Talk
There is nothing so necessary for men as dancing.
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Dance Man Necessary
I live on good soup, not on fine words.
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Fine Goodness Live Soup Word

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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