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.
MOLIEREIt is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.
More Moliere Quotes
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It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I’m right.
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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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Grammar, which can govern even Kings.
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A good husband be the best sort of plaster for to cure a young woman’s ailments.
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One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
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All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
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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.
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Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.
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I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores.
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There is no protection against slander.
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Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.
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Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
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One cannot but mistrust a prospect of felicity: one must enjoy it before one can believe in it.
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The more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; and the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue.
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Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
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