It is madness beyond compare To try to reform the world.
MOLIEREIt may cost me twenty thousand francs; but for twenty thousand francs, I will have the right to rail against the iniquity of humanity, and to devote to it my eternal hatred.
More Moliere Quotes
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Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
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We die only once, and for such a long time.
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The smallest errors are always the best.
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That must be fine, for I don’t understand a word.
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What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.
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Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
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The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.
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To create a public scandal is what’s wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.
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I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.
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There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one’s work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor.
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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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I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.
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The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.
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There’s nothing people can’t contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations.
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All is wholesome in the absence of excess.
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