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.
MOLIEREIn 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.
MOLIEREThe 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.
MOLIEREWhen you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
MOLIEREEveryone has a right to his own course of action.
MOLIERENo matter what everybody says, ultimately these things can harm us only by the way we react to them.
MOLIEREAh, there are no children nowadays.
MOLIEREBeauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
MOLIEREBirth means nothing where there is no virtue.
MOLIEREOh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.
MOLIEREThe proof of true love is to be unsparing in criticism.
MOLIEREA woman always has her revenge ready.
MOLIEREIt is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don’t want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.
MOLIEREThe absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
MOLIEREThe ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
MOLIEREThe trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
MOLIEREMan’s greatest weakness is his love for life.
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