Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.
MOLIEREDoubts are more cruel than the worst of truths. It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. A lover whose passion is extreme loves even the faults of the beloved.
More Moliere Quotes
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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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You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
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The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment.
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I recover my property wherever I find it.
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If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.
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No reason makes it right To shun accepted ways from stubborn spite; And we may better join the foolish crowd Than cling to wisdom, lonely though unbowed.
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When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.
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It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.
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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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I live on good soup, not on fine words.
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How strange it is to see with how much passion People see things only in their own fashion!
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The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
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Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue.
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The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
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