One cannot but mistrust a prospect of felicity: one must enjoy it before one can believe in it.
MOLIEREOne is easily fooled by that which one loves.
More Moliere Quotes
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If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
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It’s true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
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A woman always has her revenge ready.
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How strange it is to see with how much passion People see things only in their own fashion!
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All the satires of the stage should be viewed without discomfort. They are public mirrors, where we are never to admit that we see ourselves; one admits to a fault when one is scandalized by its censure.
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Without dance, a man can do nothing.
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The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.
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No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.
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Deference and intimacy live far apart.
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Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.
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No matter what everybody says, ultimately these things can harm us only by the way we react to them.
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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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The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
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New-born desires, after all, have inexplicable charms, and all the pleasure of love is in variety.
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Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.
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