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I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.

Moliere

Ah, there are no longer any children!
MOLIERE

Children Growth One Liner
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
New-born desires, after all, have inexplicable charms, and all the pleasure of love is in variety.
MOLIERE

Born Desire Love Pleasure Variety
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
MOLIERE

End Soon
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
MOLIERE

Glory Greatness Hard Time Inspirational Obstacle
You are a fool in four letters, my son.
MOLIERE

Fool Son Yourself
Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
MOLIERE

Direct Error Haste Reason
It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
MOLIERE

Action Responsibility Silence
Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
MOLIERE

Affection Beautiful Husband Wife
Without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death.
MOLIERE

Death Knowledge Life Shadow
Long is the road from conception to completion.
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Complete Road
True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
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Compromise Heaven Pleasure True
Dom Juan believes neither in Heaven, nor the saints, nor God, nor the Werewolf.
MOLIERE

Believe God Heaven
The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.
MOLIERE

Friendship Love Purity
They would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.
MOLIERE

Blind Clear Liberty Sight
Grammar, which can govern even Kings.
MOLIERE

Government Grammar King

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