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Moliere

All the satires of the stage should be viewed without discomfort. They are public mirrors, where we are never to admit that we see ourselves; one admits to a fault when one is scandalized by its censure.
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Discomfort Mirror Mistake Ourselves Public Stage View
Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
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Oneself Talk Word
One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
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Bad Oneself Poetry Writing
Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
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Beautiful Hook Intelligence
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
No matter what everybody says, ultimately these things can harm us only by the way we react to them.
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Harm Ourselves Reaction Ultimate
A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.
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Fool Ignorance Learning
All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
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Perfection Quite Reason Sober Wisdom
You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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Marriage Pleasure Thinking Yourself
We are all mortals, and each is for himself.
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Himself Mortal
We die only once, and for such a long time.
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Death Time
There is no rampart that will hold out against malice.
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Cheating Hold Infidelity
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
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Love Money Prostitution Writing Yourself
We must take the good with the bad; For the good when it’s good, is so very good That the bad when it’s bad can’t be bad!
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Bad Goodness
There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket.
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Pocket Praise Sort Yourself
If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
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Double Grief Increase Yourself

Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.

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