True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
MOLIERETrue, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
MOLIERENearly all men die of their medicines, not of their diseases.
MOLIEREWe die only once, and for such a long time.
MOLIERETobacco is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco is not worthy of living.
MOLIEREThe more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; and the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue.
MOLIEREIt is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
MOLIEREWives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
MOLIERECover that bosom that I must not see: souls are wounded by such things.
MOLIERETime has nothing to do with the matter.
MOLIEREAssassination’s the fastest way.
MOLIEREA woman always has her revenge ready.
MOLIEREMost people die from the remedy rather than from the illness.
MOLIEREIn 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.
MOLIEREMan, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.
MOLIEREPeople spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.
MOLIEREThe road is long fro the project to its completion.
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