The defects of human nature afford us opportunities of exercising our philosophy, the best employment of our virtues. If all men were righteous, all hearts true and frank and loyal, what use would our virtues be?
MOLIEREMalicious men may die, but malice never.
More Moliere Quotes
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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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Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.
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Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
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Every good act is charity. A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
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Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed.
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And knowing money is a root of evil, in Christian charity, he’d take away whatever things may hinder your salvation.
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Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
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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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Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.
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I recover my property wherever I find it.
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Gold makes the ugly beautiful.
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Innocence is not accustomed to blush.
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Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths. It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. A lover whose passion is extreme loves even the faults of the beloved.
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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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She is laughing up her sleeve at you.
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