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.
MOLIEREWe live under a prince who is an enemy to fraud, a prince whose eyes penetrate into the heart, and whom all the art of impostors can’t deceive.
More Moliere Quotes
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Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.
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It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
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No reason makes it right To shun accepted ways from stubborn spite; And we may better join the foolish crowd Than cling to wisdom, lonely though unbowed.
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Ah, there are no longer any children!
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I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.
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Every good act is charity. A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
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Long is the road from conception to completion.
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One should eat to live, not live to eat.
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Gold makes the ugly beautiful.
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One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
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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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Don’t appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
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Man’s greatest weakness is his love for life.
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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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Reason is not what decides love.
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