They would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.
MOLIEREAlthough I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.
More Moliere Quotes
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The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
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There is no rampart that will hold out against malice.
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Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths. It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. A lover whose passion is extreme loves even the faults of the beloved.
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But it is not reason that governs love.
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The smallest errors are always the best.
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No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.
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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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I maintain, in truth, That with a smile we should instruct our youth, Be very gentle when we have to blame, And not put them in fear of virtue’s name.
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I believe that two and two are four and that four and four are eight.
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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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No matter what everybody says, ultimately these things can harm us only by the way we react to them.
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It is a long road from conception to completion.
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The great ambition of women is to inspire love.
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The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
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My heavens! I’ve been talking prose for the last forty years without knowing it.
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