What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.
MOLIEREShow some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!
More Moliere Quotes
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All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
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In order to prove a friend to one’s guests, frugality must reign in one’s meals; and, according to an ancient saying, one must eat to live, not live to eat.
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The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
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The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.
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It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
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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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A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
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There is no rampart that will hold out against malice.
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You are a fool in four letters, my son.
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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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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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Assassination’s the fastest way.
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Virtue is the first title of nobility.
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I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.
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Anyone may be an honorable man, and yet write verse badly.
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Reason is not what decides love.
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Sometimes I feel something akin to rage At the corrupted morals of this age!
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Ah, there are no children nowadays.
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There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to the criticism of the vulgar and ignorant.
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It’s true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
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I would like to be like my father and all the rest of my ancestors who never married.
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She is laughing up her sleeve at you.
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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.
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In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.
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Innocence is not accustomed to blush.
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Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.
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