Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.
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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The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money.
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Heaven forbids, it is true, certain gratifications, but there are ways and means of compounding such matters.
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It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don’t want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.
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Things are only worth what you make them worth.
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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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Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
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But it is not reason that governs love.
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Books and marriage go ill together.
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Music and dance are all you need.
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Gold makes the ugly beautiful.
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Cover that bosom that I must not see: souls are wounded by such things.
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All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
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Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.
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My fair one, let us swear an eternal friendship.
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What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.
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