And knowing money is a root of evil, in Christian charity, he’d take away whatever things may hinder your salvation.
MOLIEREEach day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn’t rule in love, you know.
More Moliere Quotes
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Human weakness is to desire to know what one does not want to know.
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Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
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What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.
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Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
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Tobacco is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco is not worthy of living.
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And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says.
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No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.
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One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
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Isn’t the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?
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All the satires of the stage should be viewed without discomfort. They are public mirrors, where we are never to admit that we see ourselves; one admits to a fault when one is scandalized by its censure.
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I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.
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Nearly all men die of their medicines, not of their diseases.
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How strange it is to see with how much passion People see things only in their own fashion!
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Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.
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There’s nothing people can’t contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations.
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