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.
MOLIEREThen worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust. The grave’s a fine and private place But none, I think, do there embrace.
More Moliere Quotes
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And knowing money is a root of evil, in Christian charity, he’d take away whatever things may hinder your salvation.
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We die only once, and for such a long time.
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He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.
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No matter what everybody says, ultimately these things can harm us only by the way we react to them.
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It’s an odd job, making decent people laugh.
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When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
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Cover that bosom that I must not see: souls are wounded by such things.
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Innocence is not accustomed to blush.
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We are easily duped by those we love.
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Anyone may be an honorable man, and yet write verse badly.
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Ah! how annoying that the law doesn’t allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts.
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How easy love makes fools of us.
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You are a fool in four letters, my son.
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Even Rome cannot grant us a dispensation from death.
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Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.
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