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Two wives? That exceeds the custom.

Moliere

Sometimes I feel something akin to rage At the corrupted morals of this age!
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Age Feeling Moral Myself Time
The envious will die, but envy never.
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Death Jealous Willing
The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
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Ancestor People Present
Don’t appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
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Appearance Humanity Prayer Talk Understand
It is madness beyond compare To try to reform the world.
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Beyond Compare Try World
Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.
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Haste Man Marriage Regret
People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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People Praise Season Swallow
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.
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Cruelty Doubt Truth Worst
The public scandal is what constitutes the offence: sins sinned in secret are no sins at all.
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Offend Public Scandal Secret Sin
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
People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
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Mean People Ridiculous
Too great haste leads us to error.
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Error Greatness Haste
I believe that two and two are four and that four and four are eight.
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Believe Mathematics
Sharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.
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Honor Share
Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.
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Evidence Malicious Mouth Poison
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

Two wives? That exceeds the custom.

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