You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.
MOLIEREAh, there are no longer any children!
More Moliere Quotes
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There’s a sort of decency among the dead, a remarkable discretion: you never find them making any complaint against the doctor who killed them!
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Two wives? That exceeds the custom.
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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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My fair one, let us swear an eternal friendship.
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True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
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You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
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Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.
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The smallest errors are always the best.
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A woman always has her revenge ready.
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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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All right-minded people adore it; and anyone who is able to live without it is unworthy to draw breathe
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Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed.
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Age brings about everything; but it is not the time, Madam, as we know, to be a prude at twenty.
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Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue.
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We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.
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