If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.
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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He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.
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When there is enough to eat for eight, there is plenty for ten.
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No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.
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There is something inexpressibly charming in falling in love and, surely, the whole pleasure lies in the fact that love isn’t lasting.
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How strange it is to see with how much passion People see things only in their own fashion!
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Cultivated people should be superior to any consideration so sordid as a mercenary interest.
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People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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It is a long road from conception to completion.
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The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment.
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Gold gives to the ugliest thing a certain charming air, For that without it were else a miserable affair.
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You have but to hold forth in cap and gown, and any gibberish becomes learning, all nonsense passes for sense.
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Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
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The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money.
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All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
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The envious will die, but envy never.
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