Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.
MOLIEREI hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.
More Moliere Quotes
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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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Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn’t rule in love, you know.
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Grammar, which can govern even Kings.
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The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
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The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
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The envious will die, but envy never.
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When there is enough to eat for eight, there is plenty for ten.
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In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.
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You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.
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Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
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Anyone may be an honorable man, and yet write verse badly.
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All the satires of the stage should be viewed without discomfort. They are public mirrors, where we are never to admit that we see ourselves; one admits to a fault when one is scandalized by its censure.
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Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.
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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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Love is often the fruit of marriage.
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Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.
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Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.
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The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
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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 a sort of decency among the dead, a remarkable discretion: you never find them making any complaint against the doctor who killed them!
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Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
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The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
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Music and dance are all you need.
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Good Heavens! For more than forty years I have been speaking prose without knowing it.
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A woman always has her revenge ready.
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Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.
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