It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
MOLIEREAll the power is with the sex that wears the beard.
More Moliere Quotes
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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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Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.
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Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
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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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Everyone has a right to his own course of action.
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Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.
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All the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing.
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Two wives? That exceeds the custom.
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Anyone may be an honorable man, and yet write verse badly.
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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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No matter what everybody says, ultimately these things can harm us only by the way we react to them.
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Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
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I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.
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Grammar, which can govern even Kings.
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The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.
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Deference and intimacy live far apart.
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We are all mortals, and each is for himself.
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Time has nothing to do with the matter.
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That must be fine, for I don’t understand a word.
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With a smile we should instruct our youth.
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If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.
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Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.
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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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Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
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But it is not reason that governs love.
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How easy love makes fools of us.
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