Virtue is the first title of nobility.
MOLIEREThe most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous.
More Moliere Quotes
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A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.
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My fair one, let us swear an eternal friendship.
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Innocence is not accustomed to blush.
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Time has nothing to do with the matter.
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The proof of true love is to be unsparing in criticism.
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Sometimes I feel something akin to rage At the corrupted morals of this age!
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Cultivated people should be superior to any consideration so sordid as a mercenary interest.
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The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
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The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment.
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Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.
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Two wives? That exceeds the custom.
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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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Tobacco is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco is not worthy of living.
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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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Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!
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