I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.
MOLIEREWhen we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.
More Moliere Quotes
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It’s true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
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You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.
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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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Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.
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Tobacco is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco is not worthy of living.
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It’s an odd job, making decent people laugh.
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Age brings about everything; but it is not the time, Madam, as we know, to be a prude at twenty.
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Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
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The world, dear Agnes, is a strange affair.
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Reasoning is the pastime of my whole household, and all this reasoning has driven out Reason.
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Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.
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The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
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There is something inexpressibly charming in falling in love and, surely, the whole pleasure lies in the fact that love isn’t lasting.
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It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.
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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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