In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the changes in the current taste.
MOLIEREThe absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
More Moliere Quotes
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I might, by chance, write something just as shoddy; But then I wouldn’t show it to everybody.
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It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.
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All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
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To live without loving is not really to live.
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Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.
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I would like to be like my father and all the rest of my ancestors who never married.
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Our minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play.
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Gold gives to the ugliest thing a certain charming air, For that without it were else a miserable affair.
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Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
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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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Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.
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You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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She is laughing up her sleeve at you.
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The defects of human nature afford us opportunities of exercising our philosophy, the best employment of our virtues. If all men were righteous, all hearts true and frank and loyal, what use would our virtues be?
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I will not leave you until I have seen you hanged.
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