Sharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.
MOLIEREIn 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.
More Moliere Quotes
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There is nothing so necessary for men as dancing.
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Love is often the fruit of marriage.
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It is madness beyond compare To try to reform the world.
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Innocence is not accustomed to blush.
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Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.
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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.
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The true touchstone of wit is the impromptu.
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Human weakness is to desire to know what one does not want to know.
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Good Heavens! For more than forty years I have been speaking prose without knowing it.
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It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I’m right.
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People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
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You have but to hold forth in cap and gown, and any gibberish becomes learning, all nonsense passes for sense.
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Everyone has a right to his own course of action.
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Frankly, it’s good enough to lock up in a drawer.
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I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores.
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When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.
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There’s nothing people can’t contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations.
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As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
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Sometimes I feel something akin to rage At the corrupted morals of this age!
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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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A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.
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Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.
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All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.
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It’s an odd job, making decent people laugh.
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When there is enough to eat for eight, there is plenty for ten.
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The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.
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