Even Rome cannot grant us a dispensation from death.
MOLIEREI would like to be like my father and all the rest of my ancestors who never married.
More Moliere Quotes
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But it is not reason that governs love.
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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.
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Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion.
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It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh.
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People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.
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It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don’t want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.
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A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.
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It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.
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When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.
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There is no secret of the heart which our actions do not disclose.
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The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.
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A woman always has her revenge ready.
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The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
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Innocence is not accustomed to blush.
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Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
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