The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
MOLIEREMusic and dance are all you need.
More Moliere Quotes
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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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Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
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Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.
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Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.
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Ah, there are no longer any children!
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In order to prove a friend to one’s guests, frugality must reign in one’s meals; and, according to an ancient saying, one must eat to live, not live to eat.
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Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion.
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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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There’s a sort of decency among the dead, a remarkable discretion: you never find them making any complaint against the doctor who killed them!
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It 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.
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Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.
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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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Isn’t the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?
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You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.
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Don’t appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
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