Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
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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Our minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play.
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You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
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Gold makes the ugly beautiful.
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The public scandal is what constitutes the offence: sins sinned in secret are no sins at all.
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The smallest errors are always the best.
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To live without loving is not really to live.
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My heavens! I’ve been talking prose for the last forty years without knowing it.
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You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
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The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
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All the satires of the stage should be viewed without discomfort. They are public mirrors, where we are never to admit that we see ourselves; one admits to a fault when one is scandalized by its censure.
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When there is enough to eat for eight, there is plenty for ten.
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They would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.
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There is no secret of the heart which our actions do not disclose.
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Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
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