As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
MOLIEREYou never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.
More Moliere Quotes
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My heavens! I’ve been talking prose for the last forty years without knowing it.
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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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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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Good Heavens! For more than forty years I have been speaking prose without knowing it.
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When there is enough to eat for eight, there is plenty for ten.
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I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.
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People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.
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Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.
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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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unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.
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Deference and intimacy live far apart.
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One should eat to live, not live to eat.
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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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Two wives? That exceeds the custom.
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He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.
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