I have the knack of easing scruples.
MOLIEREThere is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one’s work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor.
More Moliere Quotes
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There is no rampart that will hold out against malice.
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The world, dear Agnes, is a strange affair.
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The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.
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Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.
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A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.
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A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
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I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.
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I maintain, in truth, That with a smile we should instruct our youth, Be very gentle when we have to blame, And not put them in fear of virtue’s name.
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It may cost me twenty thousand francs; but for twenty thousand francs, I will have the right to rail against the iniquity of humanity, and to devote to it my eternal hatred.
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Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.
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I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.
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Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.
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It is good food and not fine words that keeps me alive.
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I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
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The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
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