One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.
MOLIERETo live without loving is not really to live.
More Moliere Quotes
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We live under a prince who is an enemy to fraud, a prince whose eyes penetrate into the heart, and whom all the art of impostors can’t deceive.
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What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.
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A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
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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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Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
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Man’s greatest weakness is his love for life.
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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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The defects of human nature afford us opportunities of exercising our philosophy, the best employment of our virtues. If all men were righteous, all hearts true and frank and loyal, what use would our virtues be?
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The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.
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It is a long road from conception to completion.
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That must be fine, for I don’t understand a word.
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To inspire love is a woman’s greatest ambition, believe me. It’s the one thing woman care about and there’s no woman so proud that she does not rejoice at heart in her conquests.
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I find medicine is the best of all trades because whether you do any good or not you still. Get your money.
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The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
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unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.
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