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.
MOLIEREHe must have killed a lot of men to have made so much money.
More Moliere Quotes
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All the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing.
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With a smile we should instruct our youth.
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Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.
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Ah, there are no children nowadays.
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Gold makes the ugly beautiful.
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I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.
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I recover my property wherever I find it.
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There is no protection against slander.
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Don’t appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
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To marry a fool is to be no fool.
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The envious will die, but envy never.
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We are all mortals, and each is for himself.
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Deference and intimacy live far apart.
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Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
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The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
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