The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
MOLIEREThose whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
More Moliere Quotes
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It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh.
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Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
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Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
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The envious will die, but envy never.
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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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To live without loving is not really to live.
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Too great haste leads us to error.
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I believe that two and two are four and that four and four are eight.
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The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
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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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A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
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Our minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play.
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Malicious men may die, but malice never.
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I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
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Innocence is not accustomed to blush.
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