Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!
MOLIEREAll 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.
More Moliere Quotes
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Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
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Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
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Man’s greatest weakness is his love for life.
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I believe that two and two are four and that four and four are eight.
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No reason makes it right To shun accepted ways from stubborn spite; And we may better join the foolish crowd Than cling to wisdom, lonely though unbowed.
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We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.
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Cover that bosom that I must not see: souls are wounded by such things.
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I have a heart to love all the world; and like Alexander I wish there were yet other worlds, so I could carry even further my amorous conquests.
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All 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.
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We die only once, and for such a long time.
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A good husband be the best sort of plaster for to cure a young woman’s ailments.
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Reason is not what decides love.
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It is a long road from conception to completion.
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Ah, there are no longer any children!
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Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.
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