The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
MOLIERENo 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.
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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To inspire love is a woman’s greatest ambition, believe me. It’s the one thing woman care about and there’s no woman so proud that she does not rejoice at heart in her conquests.
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The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.
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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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To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don’t succeed, at least pretend to.
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Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.
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Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high hands makes them obey its laws.
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They would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.
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When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
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One easily bears moral reproof, but never mockery.
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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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Every good act is charity. A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
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Human weakness is to desire to know what one does not want to know.
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The great ambition of women is to inspire love.
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One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.
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