One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
MOLIEREAlthough I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.
More Moliere Quotes
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In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the changes in the current taste.
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The envious will die, but envy never.
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If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.
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We die only once, and for such a long time.
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Don’t appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
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Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed.
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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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Age brings about everything; but it is not the time, Madam, as we know, to be a prude at twenty.
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Love is often the fruit of marriage.
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When there is enough to eat for eight, there is plenty for ten.
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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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Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.
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Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.
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Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.
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The defects of human nature afford us opportunities of exercising our philosophy, the best employment of our virtues. If all men were righteous, all hearts true and frank and loyal, what use would our virtues be?
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