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I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
Moliere
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Moliere
Age: 50 †
Born: 1622
Born: October 15
Died: 1673
Died: February 16
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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
Moliere
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The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
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Gold makes the ugly beautiful.
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My fair one, let us swear an eternal friendship.
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A good husband be the best sort of plaster for to cure a young woman's ailments.
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Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
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There's nothing people can't contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations.
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There's a sort of decency among the dead, a remarkable discretion: you never find them making any complaint against the doctor who killed them!
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I live on good soup, not on fine words.
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Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
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You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
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Sharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.
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Sometimes I feel something akin to rage At the corrupted morals of this age!
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One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
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The general public is easy. You don't have to answer to anyone and as long as you follow the rules of your profession, you needn't worry about the consequences. But the problem with the powerful and rich is that when they are sick, they really want their doctors to cure them.
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