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.
MOLIEREThen worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust. The grave’s a fine and private place But none, I think, do there embrace.
More Moliere Quotes
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No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it’s the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco lives a life not worth living.
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There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to the criticism of the vulgar and ignorant.
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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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Two wives? That exceeds the custom.
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What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.
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And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says.
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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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I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.
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Our minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play.
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How easily a fathers tenderness is recalled, and how quickly a son’s offenses vanish at the slightest word of repentance!
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The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
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Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
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It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.
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Dom Juan believes neither in Heaven, nor the saints, nor God, nor the Werewolf.
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Even Rome cannot grant us a dispensation from death.
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