And knowing money is a root of evil, in Christian charity, he’d take away whatever things may hinder your salvation.
MOLIEREYou are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
More Moliere Quotes
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I believe that two and two are four and that four and four are eight.
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You are a fool in four letters, my son.
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I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.
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No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it’s the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco lives a life not worth living.
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The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous.
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People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
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Human weakness is to desire to know what one does not want to know.
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The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
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I recover my property wherever I find it.
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Sharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.
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Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
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Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
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Isn’t the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?
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Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.
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All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.
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