Cultivated people should be superior to any consideration so sordid as a mercenary interest.
MOLIEREAnd with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says.
More Moliere Quotes
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Music and dance are all you need.
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Love is often the fruit of marriage.
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Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.
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Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.
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It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I’m right.
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You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.
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Frankly, it’s good enough to lock up in a drawer.
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The envious will die, but envy never.
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Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.
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Virtue is the first title of nobility.
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People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the changes in the current taste.
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Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
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And knowing money is a root of evil, in Christian charity, he’d take away whatever things may hinder your salvation.
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The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
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