Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.
MOLIEREGold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.
More Moliere Quotes
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Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.
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All the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing.
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I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.
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As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
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Isn’t the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?
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People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.
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Ah, there are no longer any children!
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The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money.
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And knowing money is a root of evil, in Christian charity, he’d take away whatever things may hinder your salvation.
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When there is enough to eat for eight, there is plenty for ten.
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Our minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play.
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To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don’t succeed, at least pretend to.
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Nearly all men die of their medicines, not of their diseases.
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Sometimes I feel something akin to rage At the corrupted morals of this age!
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I maintain, in truth, That with a smile we should instruct our youth, Be very gentle when we have to blame, And not put them in fear of virtue’s name.
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