The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
MOLIERETo create a public scandal is what’s wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.
More Moliere Quotes
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I recover my property wherever I find it.
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The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
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Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
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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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He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.
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A good husband be the best sort of plaster for to cure a young woman’s ailments.
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The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.
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A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
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Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths. It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. A lover whose passion is extreme loves even the faults of the beloved.
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We always speak well when we manage to be understood.
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At least it’s better to be married than to be dead.
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And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says.
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One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
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The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
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