One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
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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All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
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The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.
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It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
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Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue.
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Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
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unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.
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Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.
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Everyone has a right to his own course of action.
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I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.
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It may cost me twenty thousand francs; but for twenty thousand francs, I will have the right to rail against the iniquity of humanity, and to devote to it my eternal hatred.
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It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.
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The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
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We die only once, and for such a long time.
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Reason is not what decides love.
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Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
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