I will maintain it before the whole world.
MOLIEREI will maintain it before the whole world.
MOLIERECover that bosom that I must not see: souls are wounded by such things.
MOLIEREWhen there is enough to eat for eight, there is plenty for ten.
MOLIEREThe absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
MOLIEREI feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
MOLIEREHeaven forbids, it is true, certain gratifications, but there are ways and means of compounding such matters.
MOLIEREGrammar, which can govern even Kings.
MOLIEREIt is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don’t want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.
MOLIERETwo wives? That exceeds the custom.
MOLIEREAlthough I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.
MOLIEREIt is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
MOLIERESharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.
MOLIEREThe proof of true love is to be unsparing in criticism.
MOLIEREWords and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
MOLIEREPeople don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
MOLIEREPerfect reason avoids all extremes.
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