The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
MOLIEREI have the knack of easing scruples.
More Moliere Quotes
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Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
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We live under a prince who is an enemy to fraud, a prince whose eyes penetrate into the heart, and whom all the art of impostors can’t deceive.
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We are easily duped by those we love.
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Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
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Ah! how annoying that the law doesn’t allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts.
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A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
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The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
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When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
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People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
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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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But it is not reason that governs love.
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The smallest errors are always the best.
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Sharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.
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It’s an odd job, making decent people laugh.
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