Some 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.
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Moliere242 quotes“Some 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.”
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Malicious men may die, but malice never.
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MoliereMoliere I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.
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MoliereMoliere We are all mortals, and each is for himself.
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MoliereMoliere 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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