You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
MOLIERE
You are a fool in four letters, my son.
More Moliere Quotes
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You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
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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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Nearly all men die of their medicines, not of their diseases.
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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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You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.
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Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!
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It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
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Too great haste leads us to error.
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True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
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It’s an odd job, making decent people laugh.
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Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.
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There is no protection against slander.
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Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
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Betrayed and wronged in everything, I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king, And seek some spot unpeopled and apart Where I’ll be free to have an honest heart.
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Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
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Everything that’s prose isn’t verse and everything that isn’t verse is prose. Now you see what it is to be a scholar!
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