Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
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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Heaven forbids, it is true, certain gratifications, but there are ways and means of compounding such matters.
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I find medicine is the best of all trades because whether you do any good or not you still. Get your money.
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What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.
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As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
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There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket.
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The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
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Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.
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I believe that two and two are four and that four and four are eight.
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Gold makes the ugly beautiful.
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There’s nothing people can’t contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations.
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I have a heart to love all the world; and like Alexander I wish there were yet other worlds, so I could carry even further my amorous conquests.
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Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.
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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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Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
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I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.
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