Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.
MOLIEREInnocence is not accustomed to blush.
More Moliere Quotes
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Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.
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Birth is nothing where virtue is not.
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The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.
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We are easily duped by those we love.
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I would like to be like my father and all the rest of my ancestors who never married.
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Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.
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When there is enough to eat for eight, there is plenty for ten.
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The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
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The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous.
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There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one’s work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor.
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All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
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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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If you make yourself understood, you’re always speaking well.
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Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
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In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.
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