Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
MOLIEREBirth means nothing where there is no virtue.
More Moliere Quotes
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The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
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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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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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The public scandal is what constitutes the offence: sins sinned in secret are no sins at all.
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Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.
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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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Reason is not what decides love.
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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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You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
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It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.
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Nearly all men die of their medicines, not of their diseases.
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No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.
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When there is enough to eat for eight, there is plenty for ten.
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The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
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