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Heaven forbids, it is true, certain gratifications, but there are ways and means of compounding such matters.

Moliere

I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.
MOLIERE

Myself Poet Trouble Writing
Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high hands makes them obey its laws.
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Grammar Hands Law Obedience
Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
MOLIERE

Avoid Extreme Perfection Reason
It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
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Improvement Mistake Try World
Deference and intimacy live far apart.
MOLIERE

Intimacy Live
All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.
MOLIERE

Prose Verse
Cultivated people should be superior to any consideration so sordid as a mercenary interest.
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Cultivation Interest People
I will maintain it before the whole world.
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Maintain Myself World
We are all mortals, and each is for himself.
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Himself Mortal
She is laughing up her sleeve at you.
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Herself Laughter Yourself
There is no rampart that will hold out against malice.
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Cheating Hold Infidelity
Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!
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Desire Embrace Mercy People Satisfaction
There is no protection against slander.
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Protection
Love is often the fruit of marriage.
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Fruit Love Marriage
There is something inexpressibly charming in falling in love and, surely, the whole pleasure lies in the fact that love isn’t lasting.
MOLIERE

Charm Expression Fact Lying
Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
MOLIERE

Behavior Friendship Ridiculous

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