Then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust. The grave’s a fine and private place But none, I think, do there embrace.
MOLIEREThe ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
More Moliere Quotes
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I might, by chance, write something just as shoddy; But then I wouldn’t show it to everybody.
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I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.
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Birth is nothing where virtue is not.
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Our minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play.
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Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.
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There is no secret of the heart which our actions do not disclose.
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If you make yourself understood, you’re always speaking well.
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A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
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Ah! how annoying that the law doesn’t allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts.
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My fair one, let us swear an eternal friendship.
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That must be fine, for I don’t understand a word.
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Malicious men may die, but malice never.
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There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket.
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Even Rome cannot grant us a dispensation from death.
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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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