And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says.
MOLIEREIf you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
More Moliere Quotes
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Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
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I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.
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Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.
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The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.
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Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
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People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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Good Heavens! For more than forty years I have been speaking prose without knowing it.
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Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.
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Ah, there are no longer any children!
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The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
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A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
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I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.
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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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The envious will die, but envy never.
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Two wives? That exceeds the custom.
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