Every good act is charity. A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
MOLIEREThe secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
More Moliere Quotes
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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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In order to prove a friend to one’s guests, frugality must reign in one’s meals; and, according to an ancient saying, one must eat to live, not live to eat.
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Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
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We are all mortals, and each is for himself.
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Man’s greatest weakness is his love for life.
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We must take the good with the bad; For the good when it’s good, is so very good That the bad when it’s bad can’t be bad!
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Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.
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I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn’t speak a single word that doesn’t come straight from his heart.
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How strange it is to see with how much passion People see things only in their own fashion!
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Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
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Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.
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The more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; and the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue.
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The only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for a living.
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Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.
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People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
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Don’t appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
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Sometimes I feel something akin to rage At the corrupted morals of this age!
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I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.
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Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
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Time has nothing to do with the matter.
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I will maintain it before the whole world.
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Heaven forbids, it is true, certain gratifications, but there are ways and means of compounding such matters.
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There is nothing so necessary for men as dancing.
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Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed.
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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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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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