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Moliere

French playwright of sophisticated comedies (1622-1673)

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Doctors pour drugs of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, into patients of whom they know nothing.

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Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.

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He must have killed a lot of men to have made so much money.

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The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

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The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.

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The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

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Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.

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The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.

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Books and marriage go ill together.

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Everyone has a right to his own course of action.

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Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion.

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If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless, since their chief purpose is to make us bear with patience the injustice of our fellows.

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It is madness beyond compare to try to reform the world.

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Love is often the fruit of marriage.

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No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.

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One dies only once, and then for such a long time

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Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed.

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To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don't succeed, at least pretend to.

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We always speak well when we manage to be understood.

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We often marry in despair, so that we repent of it all our life after.

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Without knowledge, life is not more than the shadow of death.

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