What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.
MOLIEREThere is no rampart that will hold out against malice.
More Moliere Quotes
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The great ambition of women is to inspire love.
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I have the knack of easing scruples.
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Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.
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The proof of true love is to be unsparing in criticism.
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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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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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The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
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A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.
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Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
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Ah, there are no longer any children!
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Even Rome cannot grant us a dispensation from death.
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I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.
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The road is long fro the project to its completion.
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We live under a prince who is an enemy to fraud, a prince whose eyes penetrate into the heart, and whom all the art of impostors can’t deceive.
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The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money.
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