The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
MOLIEREIn clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the changes in the current taste.
More Moliere Quotes
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Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.
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It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I’m right.
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One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
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And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says.
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Don’t appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
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Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.
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Books and marriage go ill together.
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A woman always has her revenge ready.
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The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
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Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
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A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.
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The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment.
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The true touchstone of wit is the impromptu.
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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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The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
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