Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
MOLIERE
MOLIERE
Moliere on oneself
Moliere242 quotes“Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.”
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Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
MoliereMoliere Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
MoliereMoliere It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I’m right.
MoliereMoliere Every good act is charity. A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
MoliereMoliere Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
MoliereMoliere No matter what everybody says, ultimately these things can harm us only by the way we react to them.
MoliereMoliere Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.
MoliereMoliere The public scandal is what constitutes the offence: sins sinned in secret are no sins at all.
MoliereMoliere I would like to be like my father and all the rest of my ancestors who never married.
MoliereMoliere The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment.
MoliereMoliere The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
MoliereMoliere At least it’s better to be married than to be dead.
MoliereMoliere Most people die from the remedy rather than from the illness.
MoliereMoliere I have a heart to love all the world; and like Alexander I wish there were yet other worlds, so I could carry even further my amorous conquests.
MoliereMoliere The smallest errors are always the best.
MoliereMoliere 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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