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Cultivated people should be superior to any consideration so sordid as a mercenary interest.

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What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.
MOLIERE

God Greatness Man Terrible Wicket
No reason makes it right To shun accepted ways from stubborn spite; And we may better join the foolish crowd Than cling to wisdom, lonely though unbowed.
MOLIERE

Acceptance Crowd Fools Reason Right Stubborn Way
One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.
MOLIERE

Goodness Oneself Thinking
The envious will die, but envy never.
MOLIERE

Death Jealous Willing
Dom Juan believes neither in Heaven, nor the saints, nor God, nor the Werewolf.
MOLIERE

Believe God Heaven
Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn’t rule in love, you know.
MOLIERE

Day Love Reason Rule Yourself
Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.
MOLIERE

Consistent Ridiculous Suitable
Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
MOLIERE

Direct Error Haste Reason
To inspire love is a woman’s greatest ambition, believe me. It’s the one thing woman care about and there’s no woman so proud that she does not rejoice at heart in her conquests.
MOLIERE

Ambition Greatness Heart Herself Love Woman
A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.
MOLIERE

Cure Husband Woman
Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
MOLIERE

Oneself Talk Word
Long is the road from conception to completion.
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Complete Road
With a smile we should instruct our youth.
MOLIERE

Instruction Smile Youth
He must have killed a lot of men to have made so much money.
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Himself Kill Money
But it is not reason that governs love.
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Government Love Reason
Don’t appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
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Appearance Humanity Prayer Talk Understand

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