Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.
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 trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
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Then 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.
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I have a heart to love all the world; and like Alexander I wish there were yet other worlds, so I could carry even further my amorous conquests.
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Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue.
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Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.
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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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There is no protection against slander.
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Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.
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All right-minded people adore it; and anyone who is able to live without it is unworthy to draw breathe
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People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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One cannot but mistrust a prospect of felicity: one must enjoy it before one can believe in it.
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One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.
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Two wives? That exceeds the custom.
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I will maintain it before the whole world.
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Ah, there are no longer any children!
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