That must be fine, for I don’t understand a word.
MOLIEREI want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn’t speak a single word that doesn’t come straight from his heart.
More Moliere Quotes
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If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
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We must take the good with the bad; For the good when it’s good, is so very good That the bad when it’s bad can’t be bad!
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We are easily duped by those we love.
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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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The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
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He must have killed a lot of men to have made so much money.
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All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.
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The road is long fro the project to its completion.
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Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.
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But it is not reason that governs love.
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Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.
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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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One should eat to live, not live to eat.
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The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
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I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.
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It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don’t want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.
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When there is enough to eat for eight, there is plenty for ten.
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There is no secret of the heart which our actions do not disclose.
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No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.
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Things are only worth what you make them worth.
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Cover that bosom that I must not see: souls are wounded by such things.
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We are all mortals, and each is for himself.
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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 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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He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.
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Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.
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