To live without loving is not really to live.
MOLIEREOne can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
More Moliere Quotes
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Betrayed and wronged in everything, I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king, And seek some spot unpeopled and apart Where I’ll be free to have an honest heart.
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The only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for a living.
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All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
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You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
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The more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; and the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue.
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People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
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There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one’s work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor.
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I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.
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The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.
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I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores.
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We must take the good with the bad; For the good when it’s good, is so very good That the bad when it’s bad can’t be bad!
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The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money.
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New-born desires, after all, have inexplicable charms, and all the pleasure of love is in variety.
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There is no protection against slander.
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