All the satires of the stage should be viewed without discomfort. They are public mirrors, where we are never to admit that we see ourselves; one admits to a fault when one is scandalized by its censure.
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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The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
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The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
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A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
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Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.
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He must have killed a lot of men to have made so much money.
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Virtue is the first title of nobility.
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Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.
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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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We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.
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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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Frankly, it’s good enough to lock up in a drawer.
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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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The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.
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Dom Juan believes neither in Heaven, nor the saints, nor God, nor the Werewolf.
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Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
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