There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one’s work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor.
MOLIEREI want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn’t speak a single word that doesn’t come straight from his heart.
More Moliere Quotes
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People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.
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A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.
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Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue.
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I would like to be like my father and all the rest of my ancestors who never married.
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Reason is not what decides love.
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Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.
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New-born desires, after all, have inexplicable charms, and all the pleasure of love is in variety.
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People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
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When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
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Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!
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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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How easy love makes fools of us.
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Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
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Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.
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