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Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money. ↗

— Moliere

#close friends #few #first #friends #like

It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right. ↗

— Moliere

#infuriates #know #me #right #wrong

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

— Moliere

#flatter #friends #itself #less #love

A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house. ↗

— Moliere

#house #lover #pet #stand #tries

He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure. ↗

— Moliere

#everybody #follows #his #lessons #looks

People don't mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous. ↗

— Moliere

#being mean #mean #mind #never #people

If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble. ↗

— Moliere

#grief #much #redouble #suppress #too

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. ↗

— Moliere

#equal #life #lives #living #matter

People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything. ↗

— Moliere

#ever #everything #having #know #learned

Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety. ↗

— Moliere

#flees #leads #perfect #reason #sobriety