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.
MOLIEREDon’t appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
More Moliere Quotes
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We are all mortals, and each is for himself.
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It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don’t want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.
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I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.
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Reason is not what decides love.
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If you make yourself understood, you’re always speaking well.
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How easily a fathers tenderness is recalled, and how quickly a son’s offenses vanish at the slightest word of repentance!
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People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
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The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.
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He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.
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I live on good soup, not on fine words.
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The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
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The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
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True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
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It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.
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unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.
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