Too great haste leads us to error.
MOLIEREGold makes the ugly beautiful.
More Moliere Quotes
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I might, by chance, write something just as shoddy; But then I wouldn’t show it to everybody.
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It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
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He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.
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If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.
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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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The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.
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Man’s greatest weakness is his love for life.
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Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.
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My fair one, let us swear an eternal friendship.
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There is no protection against slander.
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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.
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Then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust. The grave’s a fine and private place But none, I think, do there embrace.
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You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.
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Innocence is not accustomed to blush.
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There’s nothing quite like tobacco: it’s the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn’t deserve to live.
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