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Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you! - MORE Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!
Molière
pretension | courtesy | euphemism
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Bring us the mirror, you ignorant thing, and be sure not to sully the image by the transmission of your reflection! - MORE Bring us the mirror, you ignorant thing, and be sure not to sully the image by the transmission of your reflection!
Molière
servants | snobbery | insults
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People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything. People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.
Molière
knowledge
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I always write a good first line, but I have trouble in writing the others. I always write a good first line, but I have trouble in writing the others.
Molière
writers and writing
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Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured. Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.
Molière
snobbery | cities | culture
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