The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
MOLIEREThe ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
MOLIERELong is the road from conception to completion.
MOLIEREIt is a long road from conception to completion.
MOLIEREWords and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
MOLIEREIf you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
MOLIERESome of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
MOLIERETrue, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
MOLIEREThe smallest errors are always the best.
MOLIERENo one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.
MOLIEREGold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.
MOLIEREThe only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for a living.
MOLIEREIn order to prove a friend to one’s guests, frugality must reign in one’s meals; and, according to an ancient saying, one must eat to live, not live to eat.
MOLIEREThere is no protection against slander.
MOLIERELove is often the fruit of marriage.
MOLIEREThe absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
MOLIEREI assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.
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