Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to resemble them.
MOLIEREBirth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to resemble them.
MOLIEREPeople of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.
MOLIEREShe is laughing up her sleeve at you.
MOLIERETo live without loving is not really to live.
MOLIERENothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.
MOLIERETwo wives? That exceeds the custom.
MOLIEREEach day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn’t rule in love, you know.
MOLIERETobacco is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco is not worthy of living.
MOLIEREHow strange it is to see with how much passion People see things only in their own fashion!
MOLIEREAh! how annoying that the law doesn’t allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts.
MOLIEREI want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.
MOLIEREI have the knack of easing scruples.
MOLIEREWe die only once, and for such a long time.
MOLIEREThere’s nothing people can’t contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations.
MOLIEREAll extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
MOLIEREI recover my property wherever I find it.
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