Reasoning is the pastime of my whole household, and all this reasoning has driven out Reason.
MOLIEREGold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.
More Moliere Quotes
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Then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust. The grave’s a fine and private place But none, I think, do there embrace.
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There’s nothing quite like tobacco: it’s the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn’t deserve to live.
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Long is the road from conception to completion.
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There’s nothing people can’t contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations.
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Innocence is not accustomed to blush.
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The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
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The smallest errors are always the best.
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Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.
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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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All the power is with the sex that wears the beard.
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Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn’t rule in love, you know.
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If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.
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Gold makes the ugly beautiful.
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Grammar, which can govern even Kings.
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Without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death.
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