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 greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
More Moliere Quotes
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Grammar, which can govern even Kings.
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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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Books and marriage go ill together.
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I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
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The envious will die, but envy never.
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Without dance, a man can do nothing.
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Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue.
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The smallest errors are always the best.
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Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.
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Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
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Betrayed and wronged in everything, I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king, And seek some spot unpeopled and apart Where I’ll be free to have an honest heart.
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Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.
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What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.
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One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
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People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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