Age brings about everything; but it is not the time, Madam, as we know, to be a prude at twenty.
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More Moliere Quotes
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I live on good soup, not on fine words.
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The envious will die, but envy never.
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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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If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.
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People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
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I have the knack of easing scruples.
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Things are only worth what you make them worth.
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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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Reasoning is the pastime of my whole household, and all this reasoning has driven out Reason.
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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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People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.
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There is no secret of the heart which our actions do not disclose.
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And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says.
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Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
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People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
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