Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.
MOLIEREAnd knowing money is a root of evil, in Christian charity, he’d take away whatever things may hinder your salvation.
More Moliere Quotes
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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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One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.
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In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the changes in the current taste.
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The smallest errors are always the best.
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We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.
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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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When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.
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True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
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But it is not reason that governs love.
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Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
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We must take the good with the bad; For the good when it’s good, is so very good That the bad when it’s bad can’t be bad!
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The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.
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The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.
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A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.
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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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Without dance, a man can do nothing.
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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 feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
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Malicious men may die, but malice never.
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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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I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.
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Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.
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Ah, there are no longer any children!
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Virtue is the first title of nobility.
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Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
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You are a fool in four letters, my son.
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