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.
MOLIEREGold makes the ugly beautiful.
More Moliere Quotes
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Ah! how annoying that the law doesn’t allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts.
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One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
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I recover my property wherever I find it.
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To create a public scandal is what’s wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.
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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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The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
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He must have killed a lot of men to have made so much money.
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Things are only worth what you make them worth.
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People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
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Deference and intimacy live far apart.
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Without dance, a man can do nothing.
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The great ambition of women is to inspire love.
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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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One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.
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Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths. It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. A lover whose passion is extreme loves even the faults of the beloved.
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