I might, by chance, write something just as shoddy; But then I wouldn’t show it to everybody.
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.
More Moliere Quotes
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Cover that bosom that I must not see: souls are wounded by such things.
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Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed.
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It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh.
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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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That must be fine, for I don’t understand a word.
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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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A woman always has her revenge ready.
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A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
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She is laughing up her sleeve at you.
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I maintain, in truth, That with a smile we should instruct our youth, Be very gentle when we have to blame, And not put them in fear of virtue’s name.
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Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
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There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.
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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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You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.
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Sometimes I feel something akin to rage At the corrupted morals of this age!
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Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.
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The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
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Malicious men may die, but malice never.
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A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.
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Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
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Assassination’s the fastest way.
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We always speak well when we manage to be understood.
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It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I’m right.
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Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
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