The world, dear Agnes, is a strange affair.
MOLIEREThe more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.
More Moliere Quotes
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Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.
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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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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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unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.
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You are a fool in four letters, my son.
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I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
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Reasoning is the pastime of my whole household, and all this reasoning has driven out Reason.
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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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Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
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Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
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We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.
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You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
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I have a heart to love all the world; and like Alexander I wish there were yet other worlds, so I could carry even further my amorous conquests.
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Nearly all men die of their medicines, not of their diseases.
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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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