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Moliere [1622-1673] French

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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature.

Great, Best, Christmas, Courage, Death, Famous, Food, Good, History, Humor, Marriage, Men, Money, Nature, Patience, Pet, Sympathy, Wisdom

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A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.	Best, Patience, Wisdom	101
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.	Great	102
I live on good soup, not on fine words.	Good	103
If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.	Sympathy	104
It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.		105
One should eat to live, not live to eat.	Food	106
Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.		107
The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.	Humor, Men	108
It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.	Christmas	109
Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.		110
There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.	Courage	111
I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.		112
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.	Great, History	113
No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it's the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco lives a life not worth living.		114
Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.		115
There's nothing quite like tobacco: it's the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn't deserve to live.		116
We die only once, and for such a long time.	Death	117
If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.		118
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.	Nature	119
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.	Money	120
The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.		121
Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.		122
People don't mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.		123
One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.		124
I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.		125
I have the knack of easing scruples.		126
Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.		201
Love is often the fruit of marriage.	Marriage	202
A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.	Pet	203
Ah! how annoying that the law doesn't allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts.		204
Reason is not what decides love.		205
As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.		206
A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.		207
Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.		208
It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.		209
Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.		210
Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.		211
It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.		212
There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket.		213
Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.		214
All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.		215
Books and marriage go ill together.		216
People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.		217
Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion.		218
True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.		219
To marry a fool is to be no fool.		220
If you make yourself understood, you're always speaking well.		221
It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.		222
Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.		223
He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.		224
I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.		225
Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.	Famous	226
Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.		301
It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh.		302
I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.		303

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