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I maintain, in truth, That with a smile we should instruct our youth, Be very gentle when we have to blame, And not put them in fear of virtue’s name.

Moliere

That must be fine, for I don’t understand a word.
MOLIERE

Fine Myself Understand Word
All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.
MOLIERE

Dance Failure Greatness History Humanity Man Sick Skills Tragedy
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.
MOLIERE

Artist Fate Fools Himself Ignorance Vulgar Work
The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
MOLIERE

Absence Partner Relationship
Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.
MOLIERE

Greatness Love Master Teaching
True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
MOLIERE

Compromise Heaven Pleasure True
Most people die from the remedy rather than from the illness.
MOLIERE

Death People Remedy Sick
At least it’s better to be married than to be dead.
MOLIERE

Better Death Marriage
I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.
MOLIERE

Assurance Education Illiterate Myself
Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to resemble them.
MOLIERE

Ancestor Born Glorious Virtue
The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
MOLIERE

Karma Secret
I live on good soup, not on fine words.
MOLIERE

Fine Goodness Live Soup Word
All is wholesome in the absence of excess.
MOLIERE

Absence Minimalism
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
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Glory Greatness Hard Time Inspirational Obstacle
Its as if you think you’d never find Reason and the Sacred intertwined.
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Reason Sacred Thinking
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

I maintain, in truth, That with a smile we should instruct our youth, Be very gentle when we have to blame, And not put them in fear of virtue’s name.

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