Age brings about everything; but it is not the time, Madam, as we know, to be a prude at twenty.
MOLIEREAge brings about everything; but it is not the time, Madam, as we know, to be a prude at twenty.
MOLIEREWe must take the good with the bad; For the good when it’s good, is so very good That the bad when it’s bad can’t be bad!
MOLIEREThe maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money.
MOLIEREHe who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.
MOLIERETo find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don’t succeed, at least pretend to.
MOLIEREIf you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
MOLIEREWith a smile we should instruct our youth.
MOLIEREThe road is long fro the project to its completion.
MOLIEREunbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.
MOLIERESome of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
MOLIERENew-born desires, after all, have inexplicable charms, and all the pleasure of love is in variety.
MOLIEREYou never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.
MOLIEREWriting is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
MOLIERETwo wives? That exceeds the custom.
MOLIERETo create a public scandal is what’s wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.
MOLIEREIn 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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