Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!
MOLIEREHe who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.
More Moliere Quotes
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unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.
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I have a heart to love all the world; and like Alexander I wish there were yet other worlds, so I could carry even further my amorous conquests.
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Virtue is the first title of nobility.
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The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
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True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
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If you make yourself understood, you’re always speaking well.
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And knowing money is a root of evil, in Christian charity, he’d take away whatever things may hinder your salvation.
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There is something inexpressibly charming in falling in love and, surely, the whole pleasure lies in the fact that love isn’t lasting.
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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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It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.
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People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
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One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
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I believe that two and two are four and that four and four are eight.
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It is a long road from conception to completion.
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Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.
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