The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous.
MOLIEREWith a smile we should instruct our youth.
More Moliere Quotes
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The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous.
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Two wives? That exceeds the custom.
MOLIERETwo wives? That exceeds the custom.
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You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
MOLIEREYou think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.
MOLIEREI have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.
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Everyone has a right to his own course of action.
MOLIEREEveryone has a right to his own course of action.
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You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
MOLIEREYou are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
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Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
MOLIEREThose whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
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The envious will die, but envy never.
MOLIEREThe envious will die, but envy never.
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To live without loving is not really to live.
MOLIERETo live without loving is not really to live.
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Innocence is not accustomed to blush.
MOLIEREInnocence is not accustomed to blush.
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Nearly all men die of their medicines, not of their diseases.
MOLIERENearly all men die of their medicines, not of their diseases.
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There’s nothing quite like tobacco: it’s the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn’t deserve to live.
MOLIEREThere’s nothing quite like tobacco: it’s the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn’t deserve to live.
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It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
MOLIEREIt is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
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All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.
MOLIEREAll which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.
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At least it’s better to be married than to be dead.
MOLIEREAt least it’s better to be married than to be dead.
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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.
MOLIEREI 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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