Most people die from the remedy rather than from the illness.
MOLIEREIf you make yourself understood, you’re always speaking well.
More Moliere Quotes
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It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
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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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The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
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It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I’m right.
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People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.
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There is no protection against slander.
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There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.
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How strange it is to see with how much passion People see things only in their own fashion!
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There’s nothing people can’t contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations.
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The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment.
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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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It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh.
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The public scandal is what constitutes the offence: sins sinned in secret are no sins at all.
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Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
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