Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.
MOLIEREThere’s a sort of decency among the dead, a remarkable discretion: you never find them making any complaint against the doctor who killed them!
More Moliere Quotes
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The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
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I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
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All the satires of the stage should be viewed without discomfort. They are public mirrors, where we are never to admit that we see ourselves; one admits to a fault when one is scandalized by its censure.
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There is no secret of the heart which our actions do not disclose.
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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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Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.
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Too great haste leads us to error.
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Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.
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It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.
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Don’t appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
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You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
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I would like to be like my father and all the rest of my ancestors who never married.
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Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
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Tobacco is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco is not worthy of living.
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Ah! how annoying that the law doesn’t allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts.
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