Things are only worth what you make them worth.
MOLIEREThe scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.
More Moliere Quotes
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It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
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We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.
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Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
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You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.
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You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.
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When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
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My heavens! I’ve been talking prose for the last forty years without knowing it.
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True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
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Sometimes I feel something akin to rage At the corrupted morals of this age!
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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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Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.
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You have but to hold forth in cap and gown, and any gibberish becomes learning, all nonsense passes for sense.
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Deference and intimacy live far apart.
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All the satires of the stage should be viewed without discomfort. They are public mirrors, where we are never to admit that we see ourselves; one admits to a fault when one is scandalized by its censure.
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Without dance, a man can do nothing.
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