The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.
MOLIERETobacco is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco is not worthy of living.
More Moliere Quotes
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It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.
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Human weakness is to desire to know what one does not want to know.
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I have a heart to love all the world; and like Alexander I wish there were yet other worlds, so I could carry even further my amorous conquests.
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There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one’s work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor.
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I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores.
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Ah, there are no children nowadays.
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It is a long road from conception to completion.
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Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.
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What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.
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Things are only worth what you make them worth.
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Ah! how annoying that the law doesn’t allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts.
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The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
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Grammar, which can govern even Kings.
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If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
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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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