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" I feed on good soup, not beautiful language. "
Moliere
Language
Good
Soup
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Nothing
" It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found. "
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" If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble. "
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" It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all. "
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Secret
Scandal
" I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue. "
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Pleasant
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" It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right. "
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Wrong
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" A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool. "
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" I have the knack of easing scruples. "
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Easing
Knack
" One should eat to live, not live to eat. "
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Live
Eat
Food
" Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing. "
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High
Nothing
" Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion. "
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Unlimited
Indulge
Capacity
" Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty. "
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Soul
Solitude
Twenty
" All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose. "
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Prose
Verse
" Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same. "
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Same
Am
May
" The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit. "
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Fruit
Trees
Grow
" Ah! how annoying that the law doesn't allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts. "
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Annoying
Woman
Law
" I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me. "
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Me
Want
Truth
" 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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Money
Friends
Love
" 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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Also
Held
Responsible
" There's nothing quite like tobacco: it's the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn't deserve to live. "
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Nothing
Deserve
Passion
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Moliere
Love Is
Marriage
Often
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Love
Fine
Joy
" As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt. "
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See
Why
" 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. "
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Lack
Political
Dancing
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Than
World
Better
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Known
Man
Expensive
" If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless. "
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Useless
Everyone
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