It is madness beyond compare To try to reform the world.
MOLIEREWords and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
More Moliere Quotes
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One easily bears moral reproof, but never mockery.
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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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If you make yourself understood, you’re always speaking well.
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To inspire love is a woman’s greatest ambition, believe me. It’s the one thing woman care about and there’s no woman so proud that she does not rejoice at heart in her conquests.
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You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I’m right.
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Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.
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The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
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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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All right-minded people adore it; and anyone who is able to live without it is unworthy to draw breathe
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As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
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Tobacco is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco is not worthy of living.
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No matter what everybody says, ultimately these things can harm us only by the way we react to them.
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He must have killed a lot of men to have made so much money.
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The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
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