There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to the criticism of the vulgar and ignorant.
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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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 is easily fooled by that which one loves.
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The 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.
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The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
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To create a public scandal is what’s wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.
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I will maintain it before the whole world.
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The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment.
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A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.
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The smallest errors are always the best.
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One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
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It is madness beyond compare To try to reform the world.
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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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Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.
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Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion.
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The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.
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