I maintain, in truth, That with a smile we should instruct our youth, Be very gentle when we have to blame, And not put them in fear of virtue’s name.
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Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
More Moliere Quotes
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I maintain, in truth, That with a smile we should instruct our youth, Be very gentle when we have to blame, And not put them in fear of virtue’s name.
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You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
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It is a long road from conception to completion.
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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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All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
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I recover my property wherever I find it.
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Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
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Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue.
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There’s nothing quite like tobacco: it’s the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn’t deserve to live.
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Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.
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Deference and intimacy live far apart.
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A good husband be the best sort of plaster for to cure a young woman’s ailments.
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Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.
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I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.
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Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high hands makes them obey its laws.
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The smallest errors are always the best.
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