The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.
MOLIEREWives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
More Moliere Quotes
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Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.
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Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.
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I maintain, in truth, That with a smile we should instruct our youth, Be very gentle when we have to blame, And not put them in fear of virtue’s name.
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I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.
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It is madness beyond compare To try to reform the world.
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Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion.
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There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to the criticism of the vulgar and ignorant.
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Gold makes the ugly beautiful.
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Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
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People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.
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Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
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Nearly all men die of their medicines, not of their diseases.
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Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.
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The smallest errors are always the best.
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It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
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