Then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust. The grave’s a fine and private place But none, I think, do there embrace.
MOLIEREWe are all mortals, and each is for himself.
More Moliere Quotes
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To live without loving is not really to live.
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To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don’t succeed, at least pretend to.
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There’s nothing quite like tobacco: it’s the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn’t deserve to live.
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All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.
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Most people die from the remedy rather than from the illness.
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Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high hands makes them obey its laws.
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We live under a prince who is an enemy to fraud, a prince whose eyes penetrate into the heart, and whom all the art of impostors can’t deceive.
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Sharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.
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Deference and intimacy live far apart.
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There is no rampart that will hold out against malice.
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Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.
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The only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for a living.
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A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
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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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One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.
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