People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
MOLIEREHe makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.
More Moliere Quotes
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The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment.
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A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
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Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
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No matter what everybody says, ultimately these things can harm us only by the way we react to them.
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Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!
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One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.
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Malicious men may die, but malice never.
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All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.
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It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.
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I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn’t speak a single word that doesn’t come straight from his heart.
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Ah, there are no longer any children!
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Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
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I recover my property wherever I find it.
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It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
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The public scandal is what constitutes the offence: sins sinned in secret are no sins at all.
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