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.
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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Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.
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I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores.
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People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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New-born desires, after all, have inexplicable charms, and all the pleasure of love is in variety.
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I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.
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Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.
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What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.
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Without dance, a man can do nothing.
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No reason makes it right To shun accepted ways from stubborn spite; And we may better join the foolish crowd Than cling to wisdom, lonely though unbowed.
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Without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death.
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Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn’t rule in love, you know.
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Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion.
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Even Rome cannot grant us a dispensation from death.
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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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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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