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Two wives? That exceeds the custom.

Moliere

He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.
MOLIERE

Follow Lesson Peace Taste
Human weakness is to desire to know what one does not want to know.
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Desire Human Known Oneself Weakness
We are all mortals, and each is for himself.
MOLIERE

Himself Mortal
You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.
MOLIERE

Civilization Essence People Young
It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don’t want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.
MOLIERE

Desire Ignorance Learning Myself Question Woman
Dom Juan believes neither in Heaven, nor the saints, nor God, nor the Werewolf.
MOLIERE

Believe God Heaven
Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.
MOLIERE

Evidence Malicious Mouth Poison
Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
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Affection Beautiful Husband Wife
Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.
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Consistent Ridiculous Suitable
I have the knack of easing scruples.
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Easy Myself
I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.
MOLIERE

Myself Poet Trouble Writing
I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.
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Assurance Education Illiterate Myself
I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.
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Preference Vice Virtue
Our minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play.
MOLIERE

Mindset Need Play Work
Deference and intimacy live far apart.
MOLIERE

Intimacy Live
Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
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Direct Error Haste Reason
Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
MOLIERE

Attack Neighbor Room
The true touchstone of wit is the impromptu.
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Brilliance Touch True
You are a fool in four letters, my son.
MOLIERE

Fool Son Yourself
Assassination’s the fastest way.
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Assassination Death Fast Murder Way
Gold makes the ugly beautiful.
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Beautiful Gold One Liner Ugly
Isn’t the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?
MOLIERE

Greatness Rule Simplicity
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
Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.
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Assurance Creature Weird Yourself
The smallest errors are always the best.
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Best Error Small
That must be fine, for I don’t understand a word.
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Fine Myself Understand Word
I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.
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Mistake Myself Proper Sincere

Two wives? That exceeds the custom.

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