Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
MOLIEREBirth means nothing where there is no virtue.
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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Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.
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Grammar, which can govern even Kings.
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One should eat to live, not live to eat.
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All right-minded people adore it; and anyone who is able to live without it is unworthy to draw breathe
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A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
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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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New-born desires, after all, have inexplicable charms, and all the pleasure of love is in variety.
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The road is long fro the project to its completion.
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They would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.
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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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I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
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Innocence is not accustomed to blush.
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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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In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.
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