At least it’s better to be married than to be dead.
MOLIEREReasoning is the pastime of my whole household, and all this reasoning has driven out Reason.
More Moliere Quotes
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The envious will die, but envy never.
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Malicious men may die, but malice never.
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Assassination’s the fastest way.
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When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
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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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Two wives? That exceeds the custom.
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Ah, there are no longer any children!
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One cannot but mistrust a prospect of felicity: one must enjoy it before one can believe in it.
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The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous.
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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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My heavens! I’ve been talking prose for the last forty years without knowing it.
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Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.
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To inspire love is a woman’s greatest ambition, believe me. It’s the one thing woman care about and there’s no woman so proud that she does not rejoice at heart in her conquests.
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Without dance, a man can do nothing.
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That must be fine, for I don’t understand a word.
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