To create a public scandal is what’s wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.
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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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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Grammar, which can govern even Kings.
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It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.
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One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
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That must be fine, for I don’t understand a word.
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All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.
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Ah! how annoying that the law doesn’t allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts.
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It may cost me twenty thousand francs; but for twenty thousand francs, I will have the right to rail against the iniquity of humanity, and to devote to it my eternal hatred.
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People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.
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Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.
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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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We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.
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A woman always has her revenge ready.
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There is nothing so necessary for men as dancing.
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It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
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