You have but to hold forth in cap and gown, and any gibberish becomes learning, all nonsense passes for sense.
MOLIEREThere is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one’s work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor.
More Moliere Quotes
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Ah, there are no longer any children!
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The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money.
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Cultivated people should be superior to any consideration so sordid as a mercenary interest.
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Things are only worth what you make them worth.
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A woman always has her revenge ready.
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A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.
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One should eat to live, not live to eat.
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The proof of true love is to be unsparing in criticism.
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One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.
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The defects of human nature afford us opportunities of exercising our philosophy, the best employment of our virtues. If all men were righteous, all hearts true and frank and loyal, what use would our virtues be?
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No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.
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There is something inexpressibly charming in falling in love and, surely, the whole pleasure lies in the fact that love isn’t lasting.
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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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Music and dance are all you need.
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There’s nothing people can’t contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations.
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