Time has nothing to do with the matter.
MOLIEREWords and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
More Moliere Quotes
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If you make yourself understood, you’re always speaking well.
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We live under a prince who is an enemy to fraud, a prince whose eyes penetrate into the heart, and whom all the art of impostors can’t deceive.
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All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
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The great ambition of women is to inspire love.
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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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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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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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Assassination’s the fastest way.
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I will maintain it before the whole world.
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Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.
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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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The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
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True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
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Without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death.
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I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.
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