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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?

Moliere

One cannot but mistrust a prospect of felicity: one must enjoy it before one can believe in it.
MOLIERE

Believe Enjoyment Oneself Prospect Trust
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
We are easily duped by those we love.
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Easy Heart Love
Love is often the fruit of marriage.
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Fruit Love Marriage
People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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People Praise Season Swallow
One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.
MOLIERE

Goodness Oneself Thinking
All the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing.
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Dance Failure Greatness Leadership Skill
Without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death.
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Death Knowledge Life Shadow
She is laughing up her sleeve at you.
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Herself Laughter Yourself
With a smile we should instruct our youth.
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Instruction Smile Youth
Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.
MOLIERE

Assurance Creature Weird Yourself
Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.
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Knowledge Known
Even Rome cannot grant us a dispensation from death.
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Death Ourselves
In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.
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Blame Goodness Need Society Virtue
People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
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Mean People Ridiculous
Good Heavens! For more than forty years I have been speaking prose without knowing it.
MOLIERE

Goodness Heaven Known Myself Talk

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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