There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket.
MOLIEREunbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.
More Moliere Quotes
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You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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Ah, there are no children nowadays.
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Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
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People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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It’s true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
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Man’s greatest weakness is his love for life.
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It is good food and not fine words that keeps me alive.
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The envious will die, but envy never.
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It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
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It is a long road from conception to completion.
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Assassination’s the fastest way.
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The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous.
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There’s a sort of decency among the dead, a remarkable discretion: you never find them making any complaint against the doctor who killed them!
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To inspire love is a woman’s greatest ambition, believe me. It’s the one thing woman care about and there’s no woman so proud that she does not rejoice at heart in her conquests.
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I have the knack of easing scruples.
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