They would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.
MOLIEREThe ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
More Moliere Quotes
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I will maintain it before the whole world.
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You have but to hold forth in cap and gown, and any gibberish becomes learning, all nonsense passes for sense.
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The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
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Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
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The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money.
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The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
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One easily bears moral reproof, but never mockery.
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Grammar, which can govern even Kings.
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The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
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It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
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The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.
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To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don’t succeed, at least pretend to.
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Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
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Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue.
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There’s nothing quite like tobacco: it’s the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn’t deserve to live.
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