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I will maintain it before the whole world.

Moliere

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
The envious will die, but envy never.
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Death Jealous Willing
Too great haste leads us to error.
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Error Greatness Haste
Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed.
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Heart Honor Man Noble Wound
One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
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Bad Oneself Poetry Writing
Isn’t the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?
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Greatness Rule Simplicity
As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
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Comedy Correct Man Myself Purpose Vice
It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh.
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Laughter People Respect Strange
You have but to hold forth in cap and gown, and any gibberish becomes learning, all nonsense passes for sense.
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Learning Nonsense
Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.
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Children Pain Pleasure
I have the knack of easing scruples.
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Easy Myself
There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to the criticism of the vulgar and ignorant.
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Artist Fate Fools Himself Ignorance Vulgar Work
Gold gives to the ugliest thing a certain charming air, For that without it were else a miserable affair.
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Affair Charm Gold Misery
You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
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Peace Salvation Yourself
Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
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Direct Error Haste Reason
The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.
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Friendship Love Purity

I will maintain it before the whole world.

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