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The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money.
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The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
Moliere
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Isn't the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?
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Books and marriage go ill together.
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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!
Moliere -
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
Moliere -
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
Moliere -
Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.
Moliere
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Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
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In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the changes in the current taste.
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We live under a prince who is an enemy to fraud, a prince whose eyes penetrate into the heart, and whom all the art of impostors can't deceive.
Moliere -
Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate's affection.
Moliere -
Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!
Moliere -
Sometimes I feel something akin to rage At the corrupted morals of this age!
Moliere
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Without dance, a man can do nothing.
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With a smile we should instruct our youth.
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Music and dance are all you need.
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It's an odd job, making decent people laugh.
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Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.
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We are all mortals, and each is for himself.
Moliere
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There is something inexpressibly charming in falling in love and, surely, the whole pleasure lies in the fact that love isn't lasting.
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All the power is with the sex that wears the beard.
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It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
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You are a fool in four letters, my son.
Moliere