Sharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.
MOLIERE
There 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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Sharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.
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A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.
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Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed.
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There is no rampart that will hold out against malice.
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Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
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When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
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A good husband be the best sort of plaster for to cure a young woman’s ailments.
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Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to resemble them.
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Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
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Too great haste leads us to error.
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Sometimes I feel something akin to rage At the corrupted morals of this age!
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Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.
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At least it’s better to be married than to be dead.
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All the satires of the stage should be viewed without discomfort. They are public mirrors, where we are never to admit that we see ourselves; one admits to a fault when one is scandalized by its censure.
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There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to the criticism of the vulgar and ignorant.
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