Ah, there are no longer any children!
MOLIEREGreat is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.
More Moliere Quotes
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You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.
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Books and marriage go ill together.
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Two wives? That exceeds the custom.
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Our minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play.
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Reasoning is the pastime of my whole household, and all this reasoning has driven out Reason.
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All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.
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True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
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Betrayed and wronged in everything, I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king, And seek some spot unpeopled and apart Where I’ll be free to have an honest heart.
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The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
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I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.
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It may cost me twenty thousand francs; but for twenty thousand francs, I will have the right to rail against the iniquity of humanity, and to devote to it my eternal hatred.
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Nearly all men die of their medicines, not of their diseases.
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There is nothing so necessary for men as dancing.
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It’s true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
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Birth is nothing where virtue is not.
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