In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.
MOLIEREWith a smile we should instruct our youth.
More Moliere Quotes
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Everything that’s prose isn’t verse and everything that isn’t verse is prose. Now you see what it is to be a scholar!
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People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
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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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Cover that bosom that I must not see: souls are wounded by such things.
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But it is not reason that governs love.
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There is no protection against slander.
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Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.
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All is wholesome in the absence of excess.
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Sharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.
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I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
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In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the changes in the current taste.
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Assassination’s the fastest way.
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Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
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A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
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Tobacco is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco is not worthy of living.
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