In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the changes in the current taste.
MOLIEREThe only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for a living.
More Moliere Quotes
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Deference and intimacy live far apart.
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The true touchstone of wit is the impromptu.
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Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.
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With a smile we should instruct our youth.
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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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Man’s greatest weakness is his love for life.
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Heaven forbids, it is true, certain gratifications, but there are ways and means of compounding such matters.
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Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.
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Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.
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People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.
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I find medicine is the best of all trades because whether you do any good or not you still. Get your money.
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Human weakness is to desire to know what one does not want to know.
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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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No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it’s the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco lives a life not worth living.
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