Two wives? That exceeds the custom.
MOLIEREAll which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.
More Moliere Quotes
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You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.
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I will maintain it before the whole world.
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They would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.
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The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.
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How strange it is to see with how much passion People see things only in their own fashion!
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When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.
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With a smile we should instruct our youth.
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I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn’t speak a single word that doesn’t come straight from his heart.
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There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket.
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It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
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To inspire love is a woman’s greatest ambition, believe me. It’s the one thing woman care about and there’s no woman so proud that she does not rejoice at heart in her conquests.
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My fair one, let us swear an eternal friendship.
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Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to resemble them.
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The defects of human nature afford us opportunities of exercising our philosophy, the best employment of our virtues. If all men were righteous, all hearts true and frank and loyal, what use would our virtues be?
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Tobacco is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco is not worthy of living.
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Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
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It’s true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
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I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.
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Reason is not what decides love.
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I recover my property wherever I find it.
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Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.
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The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
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The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous.
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Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.
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Good Heavens! For more than forty years I have been speaking prose without knowing it.
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There is something inexpressibly charming in falling in love and, surely, the whole pleasure lies in the fact that love isn’t lasting.
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