All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.
MOLIEREDoubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.
More Moliere Quotes
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A good husband be the best sort of plaster for to cure a young woman’s ailments.
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The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
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Time has nothing to do with the matter.
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Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
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Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue.
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It may cost me twenty thousand francs; but for twenty thousand francs, I will have the right to rail against the iniquity of humanity, and to devote to it my eternal hatred.
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I maintain, in truth, That with a smile we should instruct our youth, Be very gentle when we have to blame, And not put them in fear of virtue’s name.
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Birth is nothing where virtue is not.
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Gold gives to the ugliest thing a certain charming air, For that without it were else a miserable affair.
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The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
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Dom Juan believes neither in Heaven, nor the saints, nor God, nor the Werewolf.
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It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
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Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high hands makes them obey its laws.
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I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn’t speak a single word that doesn’t come straight from his heart.
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True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
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A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.
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I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.
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Too great haste leads us to error.
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I find medicine is the best of all trades because whether you do any good or not you still. Get your money.
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Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
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Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.
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You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.
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The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
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You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.
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The road is long fro the project to its completion.
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