Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.
MOLIEREIt 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.
More Moliere Quotes
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Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to resemble them.
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I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.
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And knowing money is a root of evil, in Christian charity, he’d take away whatever things may hinder your salvation.
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No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.
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Frankly, it’s good enough to lock up in a drawer.
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My heavens! I’ve been talking prose for the last forty years without knowing it.
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I live on good soup, not on fine words.
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A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
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The road is long fro the project to its completion.
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The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
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Reasoning is the pastime of my whole household, and all this reasoning has driven out Reason.
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I recover my property wherever I find it.
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I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.
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All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
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If you make yourself understood, you’re always speaking well.
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