Nearly all men die of their medicines, not of their diseases.
MOLIEREWords and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
More Moliere Quotes
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I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.
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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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The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money.
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In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.
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The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
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It is madness beyond compare To try to reform the world.
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It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I’m right.
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All right-minded people adore it; and anyone who is able to live without it is unworthy to draw breathe
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We die only once, and for such a long time.
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Most people die from the remedy rather than from the illness.
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Cultivated people should be superior to any consideration so sordid as a mercenary interest.
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The envious will die, but envy never.
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All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.
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The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
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Man’s greatest weakness is his love for life.
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