Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
MOLIEREThe duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
More Moliere Quotes
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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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Assassination’s the fastest way.
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I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn’t speak a single word that doesn’t come straight from his heart.
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Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.
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Deference and intimacy live far apart.
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There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.
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Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.
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She is laughing up her sleeve at you.
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The smallest errors are always the best.
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The envious will die, but envy never.
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It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don’t want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.
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I recover my property wherever I find it.
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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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Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.
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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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