Without dance, a man can do nothing.
MOLIEREWithout dance, a man can do nothing.
MOLIEREIt is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
MOLIEREThe more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; and the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue.
MOLIEREOf all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
MOLIEREGrammar, which knows how to control even kings.
MOLIEREHuman weakness is to desire to know what one does not want to know.
MOLIERETo create a public scandal is what’s wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.
MOLIEREGrammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high hands makes them obey its laws.
MOLIEREEveryone has a right to his own course of action.
MOLIEREI maintain, in truth, That with a smile we should instruct our youth, Be very gentle when we have to blame, And not put them in fear of virtue’s name.
MOLIEREMost people die from the remedy rather than from the illness.
MOLIEREOutside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.
MOLIEREIn 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.
MOLIEREIt is madness beyond compare To try to reform the world.
MOLIEREThe less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
MOLIEREBeauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
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