The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.
MOLIEREI want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.
More Moliere Quotes
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The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment.
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Anyone may be an honorable man, and yet write verse badly.
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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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In order to prove a friend to one’s guests, frugality must reign in one’s meals; and, according to an ancient saying, one must eat to live, not live to eat.
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Good Heavens! For more than forty years I have been speaking prose without knowing it.
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To marry a fool is to be no fool.
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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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People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.
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We are all mortals, and each is for himself.
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A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.
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There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one’s work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor.
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There’s a sort of decency among the dead, a remarkable discretion: you never find them making any complaint against the doctor who killed them!
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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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As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
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The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
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All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.
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Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.
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There is no secret of the heart which our actions do not disclose.
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Gold makes the ugly beautiful.
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Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.
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A woman always has her revenge ready.
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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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He must have killed a lot of men to have made so much money.
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There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to the criticism of the vulgar and ignorant.
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Two wives? That exceeds the custom.
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I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn’t speak a single word that doesn’t come straight from his heart.
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