The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.
MOLIEREAll which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.
More Moliere Quotes
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The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
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The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
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I find medicine is the best of all trades because whether you do any good or not you still. Get your money.
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Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.
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It’s an odd job, making decent people laugh.
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People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
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Every good act is charity. A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
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When there is enough to eat for eight, there is plenty for ten.
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Even Rome cannot grant us a dispensation from death.
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It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don’t want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.
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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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With a smile we should instruct our youth.
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A woman always has her revenge ready.
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That must be fine, for I don’t understand a word.
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Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
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