Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.
MOLIEREGrammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high hands makes them obey its laws.
More Moliere Quotes
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We are all mortals, and each is for himself.
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With a smile we should instruct our youth.
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Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
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There is no protection against slander.
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Innocence is not accustomed to blush.
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When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
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Music and dance are all you need.
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You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.
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I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.
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Birth is nothing where virtue is not.
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The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
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One easily bears moral reproof, but never mockery.
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All the satires of the stage should be viewed without discomfort. They are public mirrors, where we are never to admit that we see ourselves; one admits to a fault when one is scandalized by its censure.
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I 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.
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The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
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All is wholesome in the absence of excess.
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Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed.
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It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
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There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.
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True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
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People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
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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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Man’s greatest weakness is his love for life.
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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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There is no secret of the heart which our actions do not disclose.
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Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
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