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.
MOLIEREYou never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.
More Moliere Quotes
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There is no rampart that will hold out against malice.
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Heaven forbids, it is true, certain gratifications, but there are ways and means of compounding such matters.
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Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn’t rule in love, you know.
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One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
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Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
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People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
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Deference and intimacy live far apart.
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Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.
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I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
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The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment.
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The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
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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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All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.
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Cultivated people should be superior to any consideration so sordid as a mercenary interest.
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The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
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