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.
MOLIEREOutside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.
More Moliere Quotes
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Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.
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Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.
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It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh.
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I might, by chance, write something just as shoddy; But then I wouldn’t show it to everybody.
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Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.
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Cover that bosom that I must not see: souls are wounded by such things.
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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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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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There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to the criticism of the vulgar and ignorant.
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The proof of true love is to be unsparing in criticism.
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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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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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Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to resemble them.
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Then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust. The grave’s a fine and private place But none, I think, do there embrace.
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Frankly, it’s good enough to lock up in a drawer.
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