True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
MOLIEREAssassination’s the fastest way.
More Moliere Quotes
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Everyone has a right to his own course of action.
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A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.
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All the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing.
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Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.
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The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
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Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.
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Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
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How easily a fathers tenderness is recalled, and how quickly a son’s offenses vanish at the slightest word of repentance!
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It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.
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Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
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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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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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It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.
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You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment.
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