You have but to hold forth in cap and gown, and any gibberish becomes learning, all nonsense passes for sense.
MOLIEREThe art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.
More Moliere Quotes
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It’s an odd job, making decent people laugh.
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People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
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At least it’s better to be married than to be dead.
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Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.
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Man’s greatest weakness is his love for life.
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Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.
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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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Books and marriage go ill together.
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With a smile we should instruct our youth.
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Cover that bosom that I must not see: souls are wounded by such things.
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Innocence is not accustomed to blush.
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Sharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.
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If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
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Reasoning is the pastime of my whole household, and all this reasoning has driven out Reason.
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Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue.
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