A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
MOLIEREA lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
MOLIEREDebts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.
MOLIEREEvery good act is charity. A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
MOLIEREReasoning is the pastime of my whole household, and all this reasoning has driven out Reason.
MOLIEREThe trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
MOLIEREFrenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion.
MOLIEREEsteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
MOLIEREAll right-minded people adore it; and anyone who is able to live without it is unworthy to draw breathe
MOLIEREA good husband be the best sort of plaster for to cure a young woman’s ailments.
MOLIEREThe duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
MOLIEREBirth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to resemble them.
MOLIEREGold gives to the ugliest thing a certain charming air, For that without it were else a miserable affair.
MOLIERENo matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it’s the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco lives a life not worth living.
MOLIEREI would like to be like my father and all the rest of my ancestors who never married.
MOLIEREThere 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.
MOLIEREOne can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
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