The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
MOLIEREThere is no secret of the heart which our actions do not disclose.
More Moliere Quotes
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Our minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play.
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The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
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There is nothing so necessary for men as dancing.
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He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.
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Reason is not what decides love.
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That must be fine, for I don’t understand a word.
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Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.
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I will not leave you until I have seen you hanged.
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Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.
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There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket.
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The public scandal is what constitutes the offence: sins sinned in secret are no sins at all.
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Everyone has a right to his own course of action.
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The 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.
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Frankly, it’s good enough to lock up in a drawer.
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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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