The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
MOLIERETo inspire love is a woman’s greatest ambition, believe me. It’s the one thing woman care about and there’s no woman so proud that she does not rejoice at heart in her conquests.
More Moliere Quotes
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You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.
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The great ambition of women is to inspire love.
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Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.
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The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.
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Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.
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One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
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You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the changes in the current taste.
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A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
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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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The smallest errors are always the best.
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The world, dear Agnes, is a strange affair.
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All is wholesome in the absence of excess.
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I believe that two and two are four and that four and four are eight.
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You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
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