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You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.

Moliere

We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.
MOLIERE

Judgment Ourselves
Without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death.
MOLIERE

Death Knowledge Life Shadow
I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.
MOLIERE

Myself Poet Trouble Writing
It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I’m right.
MOLIERE

Angry Right Wrong
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
MOLIERE

Love Money Prostitution Writing Yourself
Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.
MOLIERE

Couple Perfection Sense Sober Wisdom
How strange it is to see with how much passion People see things only in their own fashion!
MOLIERE

Fashion Passion People See Strange
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
MOLIERE

Glory Greatness Hard Time Inspirational Obstacle
People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
MOLIERE

Action Difference People Promise
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

Afford Best Employment Human Loyal Nature Opportunity Ourselves Virtue
I have a heart to love all the world; and like Alexander I wish there were yet other worlds, so I could carry even further my amorous conquests.
MOLIERE

Heart Love Myself World
Reasoning is the pastime of my whole household, and all this reasoning has driven out Reason.
MOLIERE

Drive Home Reason
Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.
MOLIERE

Knowledge Known
My heavens! I’ve been talking prose for the last forty years without knowing it.
MOLIERE

Heaven Known Talk
There is no protection against slander.
MOLIERE

Protection
Ah, there are no children nowadays.
MOLIERE

Children Time

You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.

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