I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.
MOLIEREDebts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.
More Moliere Quotes
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We are easily duped by those we love.
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When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
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We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.
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Cultivated people should be superior to any consideration so sordid as a mercenary interest.
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Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
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It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.
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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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One cannot but mistrust a prospect of felicity: one must enjoy it before one can believe in it.
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To inspire love is a woman’s greatest ambition, believe me. It’s the one thing woman care about and there’s no woman so proud that she does not rejoice at heart in her conquests.
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If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.
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We die only once, and for such a long time.
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A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
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The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous.
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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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The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.
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