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.
MOLIEREBirth means nothing where there is no virtue.
More Moliere Quotes
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Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
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My heavens! I’ve been talking prose for the last forty years without knowing it.
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I might, by chance, write something just as shoddy; But then I wouldn’t show it to everybody.
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Without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death.
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Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
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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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Isn’t the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?
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Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
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Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.
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There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.
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Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.
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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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Long is the road from conception to completion.
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If you make yourself understood, you’re always speaking well.
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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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