Moliere on delight
Moliere242 quotes“There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one’s work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor.”
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Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.
MoliereMoliere They would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.
MoliereMoliere It’s an odd job, making decent people laugh.
MoliereMoliere Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.
MoliereMoliere Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
MoliereMoliere Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.
MoliereMoliere Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
MoliereMoliere He must have killed a lot of men to have made so much money.
MoliereMoliere How strange it is to see with how much passion People see things only in their own fashion!
MoliereMoliere If you make yourself understood, you’re always speaking well.
MoliereMoliere 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.
MoliereMoliere Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.
MoliereMoliere Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.
MoliereMoliere A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.
MoliereMoliere I find medicine is the best of all trades because whether you do any good or not you still. Get your money.
MoliereMoliere Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.
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More on delight
Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!
Ben JonsonBen Jonson To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.
Baron de MontesquieuBaron de Montesquieu Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.
Lord ActonLord Acton ONLY IN MY DREAMS is pure Eve Byron, which means it’s a pure delight. I fell in love with Lorelei and Dane, two of the most delightful characters I’ve encountered in a very long time.
Barbara BrettonBarbara Bretton We all need to learn a new language for love – a language that speaks not in socks, pancakes, and paychecks, but in shared fascination with physics or poetry, delight in each other’s uniqueness, and mutual practical and emotional support.
Barbara SherBarbara Sher A fondness for reading changes the inevitable dull hours of our life into exquisite hours of delight.
Baron de MontesquieuBaron de Montesquieu The children gazed in delight. Nothing but trees and birds and little wild animals. Oh, what a secret island, all for their very own, to live on and play on.
Enid BlytonEnid Blyton Sensual is everything that refers to the delight of the senses. And that’s what artists do, is stimulate the senses in any possible way.
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