Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
MOLIEREI hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.
More Moliere Quotes
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Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
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We are all mortals, and each is for himself.
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Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.
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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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Time has nothing to do with the matter.
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No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it’s the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco lives a life not worth living.
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It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.
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The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
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Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.
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The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
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When there is enough to eat for eight, there is plenty for ten.
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Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
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Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.
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I will maintain it before the whole world.
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You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.
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