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Age brings about everything; but it is not the time, Madam, as we know, to be a prude at twenty.

Moliere

It is good food and not fine words that keeps me alive.
MOLIERE

Alive Food Goodness Myself
Too great haste leads us to error.
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Error Greatness Haste
To create a public scandal is what’s wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.
MOLIERE

Creation Private Sin Wicket
I will maintain it before the whole world.
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Maintain Myself World
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.
MOLIERE

Cruelty Doubt Truth Worst
There is no protection against slander.
MOLIERE

Protection
We always speak well when we manage to be understood.
MOLIERE

Manage Talk Understand
Age brings about everything; but it is not the time, Madam, as we know, to be a prude at twenty.
MOLIERE

Age Madam Time
I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.
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Preference Vice Virtue
We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.
MOLIERE

Judgment Ourselves
The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
MOLIERE

Ancestor People Present
I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn’t speak a single word that doesn’t come straight from his heart.
MOLIERE

Heart Himself Man People Sincere Talk Word
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?
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Afford Best Employment Human Loyal Nature Opportunity Ourselves Virtue
One should eat to live, not live to eat.
MOLIERE

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

Myself Poet Trouble Writing
Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.
MOLIERE

Evidence Malicious Mouth Poison

Age brings about everything; but it is not the time, Madam, as we know, to be a prude at twenty.

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