Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
MOLIEREAll 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.
More Moliere Quotes
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Love is often the fruit of marriage.
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Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
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Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
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Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high hands makes them obey its laws.
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The road is long fro the project to its completion.
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Birth is nothing where virtue is not.
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The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
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The public scandal is what constitutes the offence: sins sinned in secret are no sins at all.
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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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Ah, there are no children nowadays.
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If you make yourself understood, you’re always speaking well.
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There is no protection against slander.
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Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.
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It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don’t want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.
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It is good food and not fine words that keeps me alive.
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