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To create a public scandal is what’s wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.

Moliere

The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
MOLIERE

Deserve Fortune Goodness Hope
I recover my property wherever I find it.
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Finding Myself Property Recover
The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
MOLIERE

Man Precise Smart
Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
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Behavior Friendship Ridiculous
One easily bears moral reproof, but never mockery.
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Easy Humour Moral
I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.
MOLIERE

Hate Man Mean Oneself Vicious
He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.
MOLIERE

Cook Food Himself World
A good husband be the best sort of plaster for to cure a young woman’s ailments.
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Goodness Husband Problem Woman Young
The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.
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Advantage Advice Annoy Art Greatness Yourself
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
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Best Insult Man Patience Reply Wisdom
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths. It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. A lover whose passion is extreme loves even the faults of the beloved.
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Cruelty Doubt Mistake Passion Truth Worst
We always speak well when we manage to be understood.
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Manage Talk Understand
At least it’s better to be married than to be dead.
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Better Death Marriage
And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says.
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Himself Spiritual
One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
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Easy Fools Love Oneself
The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
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Amuse Comedy Correct Men

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