I would like to be like my father and all the rest of my ancestors who never married.
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More Moliere Quotes
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To live without loving is not really to live.
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Ah, there are no longer any children!
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There is no rampart that will hold out against malice.
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Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.
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Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.
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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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Time has nothing to do with the matter.
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Age brings about everything; but it is not the time, Madam, as we know, to be a prude at twenty.
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With a smile we should instruct our youth.
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Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths. It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. A lover whose passion is extreme loves even the faults of the beloved.
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The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
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Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
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You are a fool in four letters, my son.
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One cannot but mistrust a prospect of felicity: one must enjoy it before one can believe in it.
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The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
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