In order to prove a friend to one’s guests, frugality must reign in one’s meals; and, according to an ancient saying, one must eat to live, not live to eat.
MOLIEREI have a heart to love all the world; and like Alexander I wish there were yet other worlds, so I could carry even further my amorous conquests.
More Moliere Quotes
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I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.
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In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.
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Music and dance are all you need.
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Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
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People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
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We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.
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He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.
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It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.
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I have a heart to love all the world; and like Alexander I wish there were yet other worlds, so I could carry even further my amorous conquests.
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No reason makes it right To shun accepted ways from stubborn spite; And we may better join the foolish crowd Than cling to wisdom, lonely though unbowed.
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To create a public scandal is what’s wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.
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Grammar, which can govern even Kings.
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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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The public scandal is what constitutes the offence: sins sinned in secret are no sins at all.
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Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.
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