Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
MOLIEREBirth means nothing where there is no virtue.
More Moliere Quotes
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Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to resemble them.
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Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.
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We die only once, and for such a long time.
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Cultivated people should be superior to any consideration so sordid as a mercenary interest.
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To inspire love is a woman’s greatest ambition, believe me. It’s the one thing woman care about and there’s no woman so proud that she does not rejoice at heart in her conquests.
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Reasoning is the pastime of my whole household, and all this reasoning has driven out Reason.
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Assassination’s the fastest way.
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Our minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play.
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What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.
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You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.
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It is good food and not fine words that keeps me alive.
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To create a public scandal is what’s wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.
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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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Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.
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It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
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