Reasoning is the pastime of my whole household, and all this reasoning has driven out Reason.
MOLIEREThere is something inexpressibly charming in falling in love and, surely, the whole pleasure lies in the fact that love isn’t lasting.
More Moliere Quotes
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It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.
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True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
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All the power is with the sex that wears the beard.
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At least it’s better to be married than to be dead.
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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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He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.
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That must be fine, for I don’t understand a word.
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A woman always has her revenge ready.
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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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All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.
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It’s true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
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Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.
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Our minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play.
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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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We live under a prince who is an enemy to fraud, a prince whose eyes penetrate into the heart, and whom all the art of impostors can’t deceive.
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