In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the changes in the current taste.
MOLIERESharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.
More Moliere Quotes
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Even Rome cannot grant us a dispensation from death.
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Cover that bosom that I must not see: souls are wounded by such things.
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All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
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It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh.
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There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to the criticism of the vulgar and ignorant.
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I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.
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Then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust. The grave’s a fine and private place But none, I think, do there embrace.
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If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
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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.
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How easy love makes fools of us.
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It’s an odd job, making decent people laugh.
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To create a public scandal is what’s wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.
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Virtue is the first title of nobility.
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Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
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Betrayed and wronged in everything, I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king, And seek some spot unpeopled and apart Where I’ll be free to have an honest heart.
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