You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
MOLIEREThe trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
More Moliere Quotes
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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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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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Gold gives to the ugliest thing a certain charming air, For that without it were else a miserable affair.
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Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.
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One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
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Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
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Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths. It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. A lover whose passion is extreme loves even the faults of the beloved.
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A woman always has her revenge ready.
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Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.
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Cover that bosom that I must not see: souls are wounded by such things.
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The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
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There is no rampart that will hold out against malice.
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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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I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.
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Heaven forbids, it is true, certain gratifications, but there are ways and means of compounding such matters.
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