Anyone may be an honorable man, and yet write verse badly.
MOLIEREOur minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play.
More Moliere Quotes
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One easily bears moral reproof, but never mockery.
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Dom Juan believes neither in Heaven, nor the saints, nor God, nor the Werewolf.
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Nearly all men die of their medicines, not of their diseases.
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I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.
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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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What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.
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You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
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A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.
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Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.
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There is nothing so necessary for men as dancing.
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I recover my property wherever I find it.
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Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
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All the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing.
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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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The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
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