Reason is not what decides love.
MOLIEREA learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.
More Moliere Quotes
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Two wives? That exceeds the custom.
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Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.
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New-born desires, after all, have inexplicable charms, and all the pleasure of love is in variety.
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You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
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Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.
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I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.
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A good husband be the best sort of plaster for to cure a young woman’s ailments.
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Virtue is the first title of nobility.
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A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.
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There’s nothing quite like tobacco: it’s the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn’t deserve to live.
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Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.
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Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.
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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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Our minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play.
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The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
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