It’s an odd job, making decent people laugh.
MOLIEREPeople can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
More Moliere Quotes
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I maintain, in truth, That with a smile we should instruct our youth, Be very gentle when we have to blame, And not put them in fear of virtue’s name.
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No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it’s the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco lives a life not worth living.
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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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At least it’s better to be married than to be dead.
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The true touchstone of wit is the impromptu.
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I have the knack of easing scruples.
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You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.
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How easy love makes fools of us.
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The smallest errors are always the best.
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If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
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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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Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
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Deference and intimacy live far apart.
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Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
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The defects of human nature afford us opportunities of exercising our philosophy, the best employment of our virtues. If all men were righteous, all hearts true and frank and loyal, what use would our virtues be?
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